Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Total Allowable Catch for Non-Quota Species) Determination 2026

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Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Total Allowable Catch for Non-Quota Species) Determination 2026

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority makes the following determination. 

Dated 11 March 2026   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Cessation

4  Authority

5  Definitions

6  Determination of total allowable catch

 

 

1  Name

  This instrument is the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Total Allowable Catch for Non-Quota Species) Determination 2026.

2  Commencement

  This instrument commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislation

3  Cessation

  This instrument ceases on 1 May 2027.

4  Authority

  This instrument is made under subsections 15(1) and 15(3) of the Management Plan for the purpose of paragraph 17(6)(aa) of the Act.

5  Definitions

(1)  In this instrument:

Act means the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

Management Plan means the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.

(2) Any term used in this instrument that is defined for the purposes of the Management Plan has the same meaning in this instrument as it has in the Management Plan. 

Note: Terms defined in the Act have the same meanings in this Instrument.

6  Determination of total allowable catch

(1) This section applies to the total allowable catch for non-quota species in the East Coast Deepwater Trawl Sector of the fishery for the 2026-27 fishing year commencing on 1 May 2026 and ending on 30 April 2027.

(2) For a species of fish specified in an item in column 1 of the table, the total allowable catch, in tonnes, for that species is determined in column 2 on the basis of the preparation of the fish in accordance with column 3.