1Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Total Allowable Catch Determination 2013

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DETERMINATION OF FISHING CAPACITY

Fisheries Management Act 1991

Subsection 17(6)(aa)

Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002

Section 27

Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Total Allowable Catch Determination 2013

The AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY makes the following Determination pursuant to subsection 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 under section 27 of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.

Dated: 5 August 2013

The Common Seal of the Australian

Fisheries Management Authority

was affixed in accordance with a

resolution of the Commission

Ryan Murphy

Executive Secretary

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Citation

1. This Determination may be cited as the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Total Allowable Catch Determination 2013.

Commencement

2. This Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Cessation

3. This Determination ceases to have effect as if repealed on 31 December 2013 unless earlier revoked.

Interpretation

4. Terms used in this Determination that are defined for the purposes of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Plan) have the same meanings in this Determination as they have in the Plan.

Notes: 1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Determination.

Determination of Total Allowable Catch

5. The total allowable catch for each species in the 2013 fishing year in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery are:

Commercial Scallop (Pecten fumatus): 1500 tonnes (whole weight)

Doughboy scallop (Chlamys (Mimachlamys) asperrimus): 100 tonnes (whole weight)