{"id":"F2011L02274","name":"Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995 - 2012-13 Southern Bluefin Tuna Australia's National Catch Allocation Determination","slug":"southern-bluefin-tuna-fishery-management-plan-1995-2012-13-southern-bluefin-tuna-australia-s-nationa","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":87884,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2011L02274-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995 - 2012-13 Southern Bluefin Tuna Australia's National Catch Allocation Determination","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nDETERMINATION OF FISHING CAPACITY\n\nFisheries Management Act 1991\n\nSection 17(6)(aa)\n\nSouthern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995\n\nSubclause 17.2A\n\n2012 -13 SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA AUSTRALIA’S NATIONAL CATCH ALLOCATION DETERMINATION\n\nThe AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY makes the following Determination pursuant to section 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 under subclause 17.2A of the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995.\n\nDated: 27 October 2011\n\nThe Common Seal of the Australian\n\nFisheries Management Authority\n\nwas affixed in accordance with a\n\nresolution of the Commission\n\nRyan Murphy\n\nExecutive Secretary\n\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority\n\nCitation\n\n1. This Determination may be cited as the 2012-13 Southern Bluefin Tuna Australia’s National Catch Allocation Determination.\n\nCommencement\n\n2. This Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.\n\nInterpretation\n\n3. A term used in this Determination that is defined for the purposes of the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995 has the same meaning in this Determination as it has in that Plan.\n\nNotes: 1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Determination.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan include \"Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery”.\n\nDetermination of Australia’s national catch allocation\n\n4. Australia’s national catch allocation for the season in the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery which will commence on:\n\n-   1 December 2011 and which will end on 30 November 2012 is 4,528,000 kilograms; and\n-   1 December 2012 and which will end on 30 November 2013 is 4,698,000 kilograms.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1609},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a routine administrative determination that performs its narrow, intended function of setting specific catch allocations for two consecutive fishing seasons without expanding beyond this technical quota-setting purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative clauses total","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Minimal cross-referencing (merely inherits definitions from parent Fisheries Management Act 1991 and Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995)","Straightforward quantitative determinations with fixed calendar dates"],"plain_english_summary":"This legal instrument sets the maximum amount of Southern Bluefin Tuna that Australia is permitted to catch in the 2011–2012 and 2012–2013 fishing seasons.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Fixes Australia's national catch limit at **4,528 tonnes** for the season running 1 December 2011 to 30 November 2012\n- Fixes the limit at **4,698 tonnes** for the season running 1 December 2012 to 30 November 2013\n\n**Who it affects:**\nCommercial fishers operating in the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery, which is managed by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA).\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThese quotas (catch limits) help prevent overfishing of Southern Bluefin Tuna stocks and ensure Australia meets its international conservation obligations. The species is highly migratory and carefully regulated under the Convention for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/southern-bluefin-tuna-fishery-management-plan-1995-2012-13-southern-bluefin-tuna-australia-s-nationa","history":"/api/acts/southern-bluefin-tuna-fishery-management-plan-1995-2012-13-southern-bluefin-tuna-australia-s-nationa/history","analysis":"/api/acts/southern-bluefin-tuna-fishery-management-plan-1995-2012-13-southern-bluefin-tuna-australia-s-nationa/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/southern-bluefin-tuna-fishery-management-plan-1995-2012-13-southern-bluefin-tuna-australia-s-nationa/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/southern-bluefin-tuna-fishery-management-plan-1995-2012-13-southern-bluefin-tuna-australia-s-nationa/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/southern-bluefin-tuna-fishery-management-plan-1995-2012-13-southern-bluefin-tuna-australia-s-nationa/documents"}}