{"id":"F2025L01410","name":"Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery (Total Allowable Catch) Determination 2025","slug":"macquarie-island-toothfish-fishery-total-allowable-catch-determination-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":443046,"registerId":"F2025L01410-fast-fetch-1775957952495","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery (Total Allowable Catch) Determination 2025","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n\n\n \n\nMacquarie Island Toothfish Fishery (Total Allowable Catch) Determination 2025\n\n \n\nThe Australian Fisheries Management Authority makes the following determination.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDated 12 November 2025\n\n \n\n| Helen Kroger | Ian Dutton | Brett McCallum |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Chair | Commissioner | Commissioner |\n| Wez Norris | Sevaly Sen | Scott Spencer |\n| Commissioner | Commissioner | Commissioner
|\n| Sally Troy | | |\n| Commissioner | | |\n\n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Definitions\n\n5 Cessation\n\n6 Total Allowable Catch\n\n \n\n \n\n1 Name\n\n This instrument is the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery (Total Allowable Catch) Determination 2025.\n\n2 Commencement\n\n This instrument commences on 15 April 2026.\n\n3 Authority\n\n This instrument is made pursuant to paragraph 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and under section 11 of the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan 2006 (the Plan).\n\n4 Definitions\n\nA term used in this instrument that is defined for the purposes of the Plan has the same meaning in this instrument as it has in the Plan.\n\n \n\nNote: Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this instrument.\n\n5 Cessation\n\n This instrument ceases on 14 April 2028.\n\n6 Total Allowable Catch\n\n1. The total allowable catch for target species and the limits to the amounts that may be taken of other species for the 2026-27 fishing year commencing 15 April 2026 and ending 14 April 2027, and for the fishing year 2027-28, commencing on 15 April 2027 and ending on 14 April 2028 are:\n\n\n1. 404 tonnes for each fishing year for Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides); and \n2. 50 tonnes for each fishing year for each of the other species in the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery.\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function intended by its enabling legislation — setting total allowable catch limits for a specific fishery. It has not expanded beyond the original statutory purpose of quota determination under the Fisheries Management Act 1991."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument — only 6 operative sections","No defined terms within the instrument itself; relies entirely on external definitions from the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan 2006","Simple arithmetic structure: two species categories with fixed tonnage caps","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Single cross-reference to parent legislation (paragraph 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 11 of the Management Plan)","No sub-delegation or administrative decision-making frameworks within the instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets two-year catch limits for the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery (15 Apr 2026–14 Apr 2028), allowing 404 tonnes of Patagonian toothfish and a 50‑tonne cap on all other species per fishing year. It directly affects commercial permit-holders, AFMA and those monitoring stocks, and aims to prevent overfishing around the ecologically sensitive, UNESCO-listed Macquarie Island."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not expand or narrow the Plan itself; it narrowly sets annual total allowable catches for the specified fishing years and species under the Plan and Fisheries Management Act (ss 3,6). 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AFMA made the limits under the Fisheries Management Act and the Macquarie Island Plan (s 3). Commercial fishers must keep catches within these limits, incurring compliance and operational adjustments to meet the caps."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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