6Ecological risk management plan

6 Ecological risk management plan

6.1 AFMA must establish an ecological risk management plan for the SBT Fishery. 6.2 The plan must require action to ensure that: (a) information is gathered about the impact of the fishery on by‑catch species; and (b) all reasonable steps are taken to minimise interaction with sea birds, marine reptiles, marine mammals and fish of a kind mentioned in sections 15 and 15A of the Act; and (c) the ecological impacts of fishing operations on habitats in the SBT Fishery area are minimised and kept at an acceptable level; and (d) by‑catch is reduced, or kept at, a minimum and below a level that might threaten by‑catch species.