{"id":"F2025L01415","name":"Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery (Australia’s National Catch Allocation) Determination 2025","slug":"southern-bluefin-tuna-fishery-australia-s-national-catch-allocation-determination-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":443047,"registerId":"F2025L01415-fast-fetch-1775957952495","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery (Australia’s National Catch Allocation) Determination 2025","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n\n\n \n\nSouthern Bluefin Tuna Fishery (Australia’s National Catch Allocation) Determination 2025\n\nThe Australian Fisheries Management Authority makes the following determination.\n\n \n\n Dated 12 November 2025\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| | | |\n| Sally Troy
Commissioner | | |\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Cessation\n\n4 Authority\n\n5 Definitions\n\n6 Determination of Australia's national catch allocation\n\n \n\n \n\n1 Name\n\n This instrument is the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery (Australia’s National Catch Allocation) Determination 2025.\n\n2 Commencement\n\n This instrument commences on 1 December 2025.\n\n3 Cessation\n\n This instrument ceases on 30 November 2026. \n\n4 Authority\n\n This instrument is made pursuant to paragraph 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and under subclause 17.2 of the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995.\n\n5 Definitions\n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in clause 3 of the Management Plan, including the following:\n\n1. SBT Fishery; and\n2. season.\n\n\n In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Fisheries Management Act 1991.\n\n Management Plan means the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995.\n\n6 Determination of Australia’s national catch allocation\n\n Australia’s national catch allocation for the fishing season in the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery that commences on 1 December 2025 and ends on 30 November 2026 is 6,930,250 kilograms. \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains tightly focused on its original purpose: setting the annual national catch allocation for Southern Bluefin Tuna. This is consistent with previous annual determinations made under the same legislative provisions. There is no evidence of scope creep or expansion into unrelated policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 6 operative clauses spanning less than 2 pages","Minimal defined terms: only 2 explicit definitions ('Act' and 'Management Plan'), with 2 additional terms incorporated by reference from the Management Plan","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Single substantive provision (clause 6) containing only a numerical allocation and date range","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the standard authority citation","Straightforward temporal structure with clear commencement and cessation dates"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes Australia’s national catch limit for Southern Bluefin Tuna at 6,930,250 kg for 1 December 2025–30 November 2026. It directly affects commercial SBT fishers, AFMA (which manages allocations), and processors/exporters by setting the national ceiling that will be split into permits and statutory fishing rights. It matters because SBT is overfished and Australia must comply with international catch limits under the CCSBT."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not expand or narrow the statutory powers; it exercises the authority in paragraph 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and subclause 17.2 of the Management Plan to set a one‑year national catch allocation (cls. 4, 6). It is temporally limited (cls. 2–3) and relies on plan definitions for key terms (cl. 5). No new obligations or allocation mechanisms are introduced in the text."},"complexity_factors":["Single substantive action: fixes one numeric parameter (Australia's national catch allocation) (cl. 6).","Clear temporal scope: fixed commencement and cessation dates (cls. 2–3).","Statutory cross‑references to authorising powers and plan definitions (cl. 4 and cl. 5) create dependency on external instruments for meaning.","No procedural or allocation methodology included—operational detail delegated to the Management Plan and agency processes (cl. 4, cl. 5, cl. 6).","Low regulatory drafting complexity but potential downstream administrative complexity in quota accounting and compliance enforcement."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets Australia's national catch allocation for the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery at 6,930,250 kilograms for the season 1 December 2025 to 30 November 2026.\n\nIt affects quota holders, commercial fishers and fisheries managers by capping the total legal catch and triggering allocation and compliance processes under the Management Plan; it matters because it directly constrains legal catch, commercial planning and quota accounting."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. 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