1Torres Strait Prawn Fishery (Total Allowable Effort) Determination 2024

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Torres Strait Prawn Fishery (Total Allowable Effort) Determination 2024

 

The Protected Zone Joint Authority make the following determination. 

Dated 25 January 2024   

 

 

 

Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Minister for Emergency Management

Chair of the Protected Zone Joint Authority

For and on behalf of the Protected Zone Joint Authority

 

 

 

 

 

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Definitions

5  Determination of Total Allowable Effort

 

1  Name

  This instrument is the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery (Total Allowable Effort) Determination 2024.

2  Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under section 2.5 of the Plan.

4  Definitions

 

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 3 of the Act and section 1.3 of the Plan including the following:

(a)      fishery;

(b)     fishing day;

(c)      fishing season;

(d)     total allowable effort or TAE.

 

 

  In this instrument:

Act means the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984;

Plan means the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Management Plan 2009.

5  Determination of Total Allowable Effort

The total allowable effort for the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery for the 2024, 2025, and 2026 fishing seasons is 9,200 fishing days for each fishing season.