7Measures by which the objectives are to be attained (Act s 17 (5))

7 Measures by which the objectives are to be attained (Act s 17 (5))

The measures by which the objectives of this Management Plan are to be attained include the following:

(a) providing the services needed to manage the fishery, including:

(i) data collection, research and consultation; and

(ii) services to ensure compliance with the Plan;

(b) annually evaluating and, if necessary, revising the range, extent and cost of the services mentioned in paragraph (a);

(c) in the first year of the Management Plan, developing and implementing a data plan to collect, verify, analyse and manage data that is related to the management of the fishery, including data about:

(i) the catch and the effort required to achieve the catch; and

(ii) the biological and ecological state of the fishery; and

(iii) the technical and economic issues related to fishing in the fishery;

(d) publishing and, every 2 years, reviewing the data plan mentioned in paragraph (c);

(e) if relevant information about the fishery is received — reviewing ecological risk assessments of marine communities, primary species and secondary species to determine the risk to the maintenance of an ecologically sustainable fishery;

(f) developing, in cooperation with stakeholders, a plan to strategically address any high risks identified during an ecological risk assessment;

(g) setting catch limits, or designing other measures, for species of fish that are managed under State or Territory law;

(h) periodically taking account of the impact of fishing on primary species, secondary species, by‑catch species and species that are ecologically related to those species, and the marine environment and:

(i) determining the status of stocks and the marine environment in relation to the reference points for stocks of primary species, by conducting stock assessments, risk assessments or both; and

(ii) reviewing and, if necessary, improving the reference points for stocks of primary species and secondary species; and

(iii) developing, publishing and applying decision rules for setting the longline TAE and minor line TAE, and any other related management decisions; and

(iv) reviewing, evaluating, and, if necessary, improving the decision rules mentioned in subparagraph (iii); and

(v) implementing, reviewing and, if necessary, updating the by‑catch action plan; and

(vi) implementing, reviewing and, if necessary, updating other action plans to minimise the impact of fishing on by‑catch species and species that are ecologically related to primary species, secondary species and by‑catch species;