{"id":"F2024L00106","name":"Torres Strait Prawn Fishery (Total Allowable Effort) Determination 2024","slug":"torres-strait-prawn-fishery-total-allowable-effort-determination-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442260,"registerId":"F2024L00106-fast-fetch-1775957312828","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Torres Strait Prawn Fishery (Total Allowable Effort) Determination 2024","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nTorres Strait Prawn Fishery (Total Allowable Effort) Determination 2024\n\n \n\nThe Protected Zone Joint Authority make the following determination. \n\nDated 25 January 2024   \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nSenator the Hon Murray Watt\n\nMinister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry\n\nMinister for Emergency Management\n\nChair of the Protected Zone Joint Authority\n\nFor and on behalf of the Protected Zone Joint Authority\n\n \n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Determination of Total Allowable Effort\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery (Total Allowable Effort) Determination 2024.\n\n2  Commencement\n\nThis instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under section 2.5 of the Plan.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n \n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 3 of the Act and section 1.3 of the Plan including the following:\n\n(a)      fishery;\n\n(b)     fishing day;\n\n(c)      fishing season;\n\n(d)     total allowable effort or TAE.\n\n \n\n \n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984;\n\nPlan means the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Management Plan 2009.\n\n5  Determination of Total Allowable Effort\n\nThe total allowable effort for the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery for the 2024, 2025, and 2026 fishing seasons is 9,200 fishing days for each fishing season.\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument exercises the Plan’s authority to fix the TAE and specifies a numeric cap for three seasons; it does not amend the Act or the Plan’s definitions and therefore does not change the legal scope of the fishery management framework (s3, s4, s5)."},"complexity_factors":["Single clear numeric limit: sets a fixed TAE (9,200 fishing days per season) (s5).","Short temporal scope: applies to three specific seasons (2024–2026), reducing long‑term regulatory uncertainty but requiring renewal after 2026 (s5).","Reliance on external instruments: uses definitions and enforcement arrangements contained in the Act and Plan rather than restating them (s4, s3).","Operational complexity lies in monitoring, record-keeping and allocation of fishing days to entitlement-holders rather than in this instrument’s drafting (implied by use of ‘fishing days’ and TAE) (s4, s5).","Administrative discretion constrained but retained: the Protected Zone Joint Authority sets the cap under Plan powers (s3)."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination sets the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery’s total allowable effort (TAE) at 9,200 fishing days for each of the 2024, 2025 and 2026 fishing seasons (s5). It takes effect the day after registration (s2) and is made under the Plan (s3).\n\nIt affects licence-holders and anyone using fishing days: the aggregate cap limits total fishing-days available so licence-holders carry the cost of constrained effort and must account for fishing days under existing definitions (s4). The Protected Zone Joint Authority (via the Minister) decides the cap (s3, s5)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function intended by its enabling legislation: setting the Total Allowable Effort for the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, specific purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative sections","No defined terms in the instrument itself — relies entirely on external definitions from the parent Act and Plan","Single substantive provision (section 5) with no conditions, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the basic authority provision","No procedural requirements, review mechanisms, or administrative steps","Straightforward numerical determination with fixed time period"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Total Allowable Effort at 9,200 fishing days per season for 2024–2026. It binds commercial licence-holders in the Torres Strait and guides the Protected Zone Joint Authority’s management. The three‑year cap limits overall fishing effort to support prawn sustainability and provides fishers greater short‑term regulatory certainty."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/torres-strait-prawn-fishery-total-allowable-effort-determination-2024","history":"/api/acts/torres-strait-prawn-fishery-total-allowable-effort-determination-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/torres-strait-prawn-fishery-total-allowable-effort-determination-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/torres-strait-prawn-fishery-total-allowable-effort-determination-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/torres-strait-prawn-fishery-total-allowable-effort-determination-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/torres-strait-prawn-fishery-total-allowable-effort-determination-2024/documents"}}