Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995
9CUndercatch
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9C Undercatch
9C.1 AFMA may determine the determined percentage of undercatch for a season.
9C.2 AFMA may determine a percentage of zero.
9C.3 Subclause 9C.4 applies if:
(a) in a season (the first season), the holder of a statutory fishing right takes:
(i) an amount of Southern Bluefin Tuna that is less than the holder’s quota; or
(ii) no Southern Bluefin Tuna; and
(b) in the following season (the second season), the holder holds a statutory fishing right.
9C.4 The holder may, during the second season, take an amount of Southern Bluefin Tuna that is the sum of:
(a) the holder’s quota in the second season; and
(b) an amount equal to the lesser of:
(i) the difference between the holder’s quota in the first season and the amount of Southern Bluefin Tuna taken by the holder in the first season; and
(ii) the holder’s quota in the first season multiplied by the determined percentage of undercatch for the first season.