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This Determination may be cited as the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Total Allowable Catch Determination 2018.
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This determination sets catch limits (quotas) for scallop fishing in Bass Strait for the 2018 season.
The catch caps are:
Who it affects: Commercial fishers operating in the Bass Strait Central Zone. Once the combined catch of all fishers hits these limits, the fishery closes for that species.
Why it matters: These limits prevent overfishing and ensure scallop populations remain sustainable. They were made under the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.
Duration: This was a temporary instrument that automatically expired on 1 January 2019—it only applied to the 2018 fishing year.
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This Determination may be cited as the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Total Allowable Catch Determination 2018.
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
This Determination is repealed on 1 January 2019.
This instrument is made pursuant to paragraph 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 under section 27 of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Plan).
Terms used in this Determination that are defined for the purposes of the Plan have the same meanings in this Determination as they have in the Plan.
Note: Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Determination
The total allowable catch for each species in the 2018 fishing year ending on 1 January 2019 in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery are:
Commercial Scallop (Pecten fumatus): 3876 tonnes (whole weight).
Doughboy scallop (Chlamys (Mimachlamys) asperrimus): 100 tonnes (whole weight).
Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
This Determination may be cited as the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Total Allowable Catch Determination 2018.
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
This Determination is repealed on 1 January 2019.
This instrument is made pursuant to paragraph 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 under section 27 of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Plan).
Terms used in this Determination that are defined for the purposes of the Plan have the same meanings in this Determination as they have in the Plan.
Note: Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Determination
The total allowable catch for each species in the 2018 fishing year ending on 1 January 2019 in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery are:
Commercial Scallop (Pecten fumatus): 3876 tonnes (whole weight).
Doughboy scallop (Chlamys (Mimachlamys) asperrimus): 100 tonnes (whole weight).