Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2005
4Meaning of effort unit
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4 Meaning of effort unit
(1) In this Management Plan, pelagic longline fishing effort is quantified in effort units.
(2) When a person engages in pelagic longline fishing in the fishery by releasing a longline into the sea (a longline operation), a particular number of effort units are expended by the person.
Note See section 20 for the way to calculate the number of effort units expended in a longline operation.