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Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Overcatch and Undercatch) Determination 2026

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority makes the following determination.

Dated 11 March 2026

Helen Kroger	Ian Dutton	Brett McCallum
Chair	Commissioner	Commissioner
Wez Norris	Sevaly Sen	Scott Spencer
Commissioner	Commissioner	Commissioner<br> <br> <br> <br>
Sally Troy
Commissioner

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Cessation

4 Authority

5 Definitions

6 Determination of overcatch and undercatch

1 Name

This instrument is the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Overcatch and Undercatch) 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 subsection 24(1) of the Management Plan for the purpose of paragraph 17(6)(aa) of the Act.

5 Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

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

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 overcatch and undercatch

Item	Column 1<br>Species of fish	Column 2<br>Determined percentage (Overcatch – s22 and s22A)	Column 3<br>Determined percentage (Undercatch – s23)	Column 4<br>Determined amount (s22A) (kg)
1	Alfonsino	10	10	2 000
2	Bight redfish	10	10	2 000
3	Blue eye trevalla	10	10	2 000
4	Blue grenadier	10	10	2 000
5	Blue warehou	0	0	2 000
6	Deepwater flathead	10	10	2 000
7	Deepwater shark (eastern)	10	10	2 000
8	Deepwater shark (western)	10	10	2 000
9	Elephantfish	10	10	2 000
10	Flathead	10	10	2 000
11	Gemfish (eastern)	0	0	2 000
12	Gemfish (western)	10	10	2 000
13	Gummy shark	10	10	2 000
14	Jackass morwong	0	0	2 000
15	John dory	0	0	2 000
16	Mirror dory	10	10	2 000
17	Ocean perch	10	10	2 000
18	Orange roughy (GAB Albany and Esperance)	0	0	2 000
19	Orange roughy (Cascade Plateau)	10	10	2 000
20	Orange roughy (eastern)	10	100	2 000
21	Orange roughy (southern)	0	0	2 000
22	Orange roughy (western)	0	0	2 000
23	Oreo, basket	10	10	2 000
24	Pink ling	10	10	2 000
25	Redfish	0	0	2 000
26	Ribaldo	10	10	2 000
27	Royal red prawn	10	10	2 000
28	Saw shark	10	10	2 000
29	School shark	0	0	2 000
30	School whiting	10	10	2 000
31	Silver trevally	10	10	2 000
32	Silver warehou	10	10	2 000
33	Smooth oreodory (Cascade Plateau)	10	10	2 000
34	Smooth oreodory (other)	10	10	2 000