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This instrument is the Southern Squid Jig Fishery (Total Allowable Effort) Determination 2024.
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This instrument sets the fishing quota for the Southern Squid Jig Fishery for the 2025 calendar year.
What it does
Who it affects
Why it matters This is a routine annual quota determination that prevents overfishing by restricting how much fishing equipment can be deployed. It implements sustainable fishing limits set under the broader Southern Squid Jig Fishery Management Plan. The number (550 machines) represents the total allowable effort (TAE) permitted across the entire fishery for the year.
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This instrument is the Southern Squid Jig Fishery (Total Allowable Effort) Determination 2024.
This instrument commences on 1 January 2025.
This instrument ceases on 31 December 2025.
This instrument is made under section 11 of the Management Plan for the purpose of paragraph 17(6)(aa) of the Act.
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 3 of the Management Plan, including the following:
Note: fishing year;
Note: standard squid jigging machine; and
Note: total allowable effort or TAE;
In this instrument:
Management Plan means Southern Squid Jig Fishery Management Plan 2005.
Act means the Fisheries Management Act 1991.
The total allowable effort for the Southern Squid Jig Fishery for the 2025 fishing year, commencing on 1 January 2025 and ending on 31 December 2025 (inclusive), is 550 standard squid jigging machines.
Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
This instrument is the Southern Squid Jig Fishery (Total Allowable Effort) Determination 2024.
This instrument commences on 1 January 2025.
This instrument ceases on 31 December 2025.
This instrument is made under section 11 of the Management Plan for the purpose of paragraph 17(6)(aa) of the Act.
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 3 of the Management Plan, including the following:
Note: fishing year;
Note: standard squid jigging machine; and
Note: total allowable effort or TAE;
In this instrument:
Management Plan means Southern Squid Jig Fishery Management Plan 2005.
Act means the Fisheries Management Act 1991.
The total allowable effort for the Southern Squid Jig Fishery for the 2025 fishing year, commencing on 1 January 2025 and ending on 31 December 2025 (inclusive), is 550 standard squid jigging machines.