Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2005
20ANumber of branchline clips
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20A Number of branchline clips
(1) For section 20, the number of branchline clips for a season is the number of branchline clips determined by AFMA, based on the average number of branchline clips used by all holders of longline SFRs during each pelagic longline operation in the fishery, or the part of the fishery, in a period determined by AFMA, rounded down to the nearest 10 hooks.
(2) For subsection (1):
(a) the average number of branchline clips will be based on information given to AFMA by fishing concession holders authorised to fish in the fishery; and
(b) the period determined by AFMA will be a period of 12 months, commencing not more than 2 years before the start of the season and ending before the start of the season.