{"id":"F2012L00087","name":"Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery Fishing Season Determination 2012","slug":"western-tuna-and-billfish-fishery-fishing-season-determination-2012","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":142301,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2012L00087-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery Fishing Season Determination 2012","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nDETERMINATION OF FISHING SEASON\n\nWestern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2005\n\nSection 3\n\nWESTERN TUNA AND BILLFISH FISHERY\n\nFISHING SEASON DETERMINATION 2012\n\nThe AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY makes the following Determination pursuant to section 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 under section 3 of the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2005.\n\nDated: 23 January 2012\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 Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery Fishing Season Determination 2012.\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. Terms used in this Determination that are defined for the purposes of the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2005 have the same meanings in this Determination as they have in that Plan.\n\nNotes: 1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Determination.\n\nDetermination of the fishing season\n\n4. The fishing season in the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery is the period starting on 1 February in a year and ending on 31 January in the following year.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1722},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination performs the exact narrow administrative function authorised by section 3 of the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2005: specifying the dates of the fishing season. There is no expansion beyond this original statutory purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative sections total","Single substantive provision (section 4) establishing fixed calendar dates","No defined terms within the instrument itself—all definitions imported by reference","No exceptions, conditions, or sub-delegations"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does**\n\nThis instrument sets the annual fishing season for the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery, which operates in Commonwealth waters off Western Australia.\n\n**Key details**\n\n*   **Fishing season dates**: The season runs from **1 February to 31 January** of the following year (a rolling 12-month period).\n*   **Who made this**: The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), the government body responsible for managing Commonwealth fisheries.\n*   **Who it affects**: Commercial fishers holding licences (statutory fishing rights) to catch tuna and billfish species—such as swordfish, striped marlin, and yellowfin tuna—in this fishery.\n\n**Why it matters**\n\nThis determination creates a predictable annual cycle for the fishing industry, ensuring all operators know exactly when they can legally start and must stop fishing. It helps AFMA manage fish stocks sustainably by controlling when fishing effort occurs, and prevents fishing outside the designated season (which would be illegal)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/western-tuna-and-billfish-fishery-fishing-season-determination-2012","history":"/api/acts/western-tuna-and-billfish-fishery-fishing-season-determination-2012/history","analysis":"/api/acts/western-tuna-and-billfish-fishery-fishing-season-determination-2012/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/western-tuna-and-billfish-fishery-fishing-season-determination-2012/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/western-tuna-and-billfish-fishery-fishing-season-determination-2012/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/western-tuna-and-billfish-fishery-fishing-season-determination-2012/documents"}}