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Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan 2006 - Determination No. MITF TAC D5 - Total Allowable Catch Determination - 2010/2011 Season

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This document sets the fishing quotas (catch limits) for the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery for the 2010/2011 season.

What it does:

Caps the total catch of Patagonian toothfish (the target species) at 140 tonnes in the Aurora Trough area and 150 tonnes in the Macquarie Ridge area.
Limits accidental catch (called bycatch — other species caught unintentionally) to 200 tonnes total, with no more than 50 tonnes of any single other species.
The season runs from 15 April 2010 to 14 April 2011.

Who it affects:

Commercial fishers holding permits ("fishing concessions") for this fishery, and anyone acting on their behalf.

Why it matters:

It prevents overfishing of Patagonian toothfish (also known as Chilean sea bass) and protects other marine species in the Southern Ocean near Macquarie Island by strictly limiting how much can be removed from the ecosystem.

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Direct links to the current provisions in Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan 2006 - Determination No. MITF TAC D5 - Total Allowable Catch Determination - 2010/2011 Season.

Citation

This Determination may be cited as the MITF 2010/2011 TAC D5 Determination.

Commencement

This Determination commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Application

This Determination applies to a holder of a fishing concession in the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder of that fishing concession.

Interpretation

A term used in this Determination that is defined for the purposes of the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan 2006 has the same meaning in this Determination as it has in that Plan.

[Note: Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Determination.]

Determination of total allowable catch a

Determination of total allowable catch and catch limits

The total allowable catches in the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery for the season which commences on 15 April 2010 and which will end on 14 April 2011 are:

Target species: Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)

Aurora Trough 140 tonnes

Macquarie Ridge 150 tonnes

Bycatch Species

200 tonnes for all bycatch species combined with a 50 tonnes limit on any one species.

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Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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