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FW: DAWR Dep Sec visit to Japan and Japanese access to the AFZ
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FYI
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From:
Sent: Thursday, 8 February 2018 3:36 PM
To:
Neil, Gordon <xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>;
eil, Gordon
<xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
Subject: DAWR Dep Sec visit to Japan and Japanese access to the AFZ [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Sam
As mentioned we are working with
at Post, and I will send a tasking cable to Post for visibility,
probably tomorrow.
Let me know if you need more information on this.
Best regards
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Multilateral and Migratory Stocks Section |Sustainable Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Division
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
18 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
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From: Neil, Gordon [mailto:xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx]
Sent: Friday, 5 January 2018 2:43 PM
To: RAYNS, Nick <xxxx.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx>;
Subject: RE: Foreign fishing policy to send to AFMA - thanks [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Thanks Nick – that sounds great.
Gordon Neil
Assistant Secretary
Fisheries Branch
Sustainable Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
+61 2 62725863 /+61 466 770 189
From: RAYNS, Nick [mailto:xxxx.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx]
Sent: Friday, 5 January 2018 2:42 PM
To: Neil, Gordon <xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>;
Subject: RE: Foreign fishing policy to send to AFMA - thanks [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
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From: Neil, Gordon [mailto:xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx]
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Subject: RE: Foreign fishing policy to send to AFMA - thanks [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Thanks Nick
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Gordon
Gordon Neil
Assistant Secretary
Fisheries Branch
Sustainable Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
+61 2 62725863 /+61 466 770 189
From: RAYNS, Nick [mailto:xxxx.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx]
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Thanks Gordon and we’ll take a look and get back to you by 19 Jan if that’s OK. Cheers NICK R
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From: Neil, Gordon [mailto:xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx]
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Thanks
Gordon
Gordon Neil
Assistant Secretary
Fisheries Branch
Sustainable Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
+61 2 62725863 /+61 466 770 189
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Attachment - Draft policy - removed
Document No. 10
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Thursday, 23 November 2017 2:23 PM
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RE: skipjack fishery [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Attachments:
WST General Conditions.docx; EST Gear Limitations Condition.docx; EST General
Conditions.docx; WST Gear Limitation Condition.docx; Harvest-Strategy-SJTF-
August-2011 (2).doc
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Hi
So the story is yes they are kind of like a Boat SFR in that one person can hold multiple permits and they can be sold
(transferred). However they cannot be leased.
I have also attached the harvest strategy which explains the management in better clarity than my garbled phone
explanation which you can ignore. Note that Australia has claimed 30000 mt as its WCPFC limit (relevant to limit
trigger in HS).
Cheers
Don
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Sent: Thursday, 23 November 2017 2:09 PM
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Subject: skipjack fishery [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Hi Don
As discussed, grateful if you could send me the conditions for the skipjack fishery and clarify whether one permit
holder can own more than one permit.
As I understand it, there are 17 permits in the east and 14 in the west and each permit is pretty much equivalent to
a boat SFR.
There is a catch limit in place, catch is monitored live and as catches approach the limit – the harvest strategy will
either trigger a stock assessment or closure of the fishery.
Grateful for any additional information. As mentioned the context is the foreign fishing policy, we’re thinking
through a few scenarios so just wanted to understand the fishery a bit more.
Thanks
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Division
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
18 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
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EST GEAR LIMITATIONS CONDITION
ATTACHMENT A
GEAR LIMITATIONS
1. This concession authorises the use of the following gear only:
(a) Purse Seine.
The size of the purse seine nets must not exceed 1482 metres x 280 metres.
The dimensions of the purse seine nets are determined as follows:
The hung length of a purse seine net must be measured between the last attached net mesh at each end
of the headline. The depth of a purse seine net is the distance in the centre of the net between the
headline and the footrope when they are at their maximum stretch distance apart.
EST GENERAL CONDITIONS - 2015 - 2017
AREA OF WATERS
1. This concession is granted for the area of waters described as:
(a) The area specified in Schedule 1A Part 2B of the
Fisheries Management
Regulations 1992; and
(b) The area of competence of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
(hereinafter referred to as "the Convention Area") as specified in Schedule 1 Part 3
of the
Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2010.
Conditions applying to this Fishing Permit
In addition to the conditions specified by sub section 32(5) of the
Fisheries Management Act 1991, and
the condition in sub section 42(2) to comply with any log book determination, and the condition to
comply with any Direction under s41A in accordance with sub section 32(7A),
the following conditions
are specified for the purposes of sub section 32(6) sub paragraph (a)(i):
Note: Under sub section 32(8) these conditions may be varied, revoked or a further condition specified by
written notice from AFMA.
By s42B(2) of the Act, Regulations may prescribe conditions that apply to fishing concessions.
Regulations have been prescribed in the
Fisheries Management Regulations 1992 providing conditions
that apply to this fishing concession in particular:
Regulation 9D:
Concession holder to ensure that vessel monitoring system is operational.
Regulation 9F:
Concession holder to ensure provision for observer and equipment to be carried.
Regulation 9G:
Concession holder to ensure observer enabled to perform functions.
Regulation 9I:
Fish to be disposed of to fish receiver permit holder*
Regulation 9J - 9ZL: Catch limits.*
Regulation 9ZO:
Prohibited ways of processing fish.
Regulation 9ZP:
Removal of shark liver.
Regulation 9ZS:
No interaction with protected organism.
Regulation 9ZT:
Recording and reporting interaction with protected organism.
Regulation 9ZU:
Reporting interaction with protected organism if protected organism injured.
Regulation 9ZV:
Reporting interaction with protected organism if protected organism killed.
Regulation 9ZX:
Nominated boat used for trip.
* not applicable to some concessions
AREA LIMITATION
1. The holder must not fish under this concession outside the area of waters described in this
document.
2. If this concession allows access to waters adjacent to the State of New South Wales, the holder
must not conduct any fishing activities within 12 nautical miles of Lord Howe Island and Balls
Pyramid.
MOVEMENT LIMITATIONS
3. While the holder is fishing in the Convention Area as detailed in 1. (b) of the area of waters, the
holder must not intentionally fish within 1 nautical mile of a data buoy or intentionally interact
with a data buoy.
4. Interacting with a data buoy includes, but is not limited to, encircling the buoy with fishing gear;
tying up to or attracting the boat, or any fishing gear, part or portion of the boat, to a data buoy or
its mooring; or cutting a data buoy anchor line.
5. If the holder unintentionally comes into contact with a data buoy while fishing they must remove
any entangled fishing gear with as little damage to the data buoy as possible.
6. The holder must report any data buoys observed to be damaged to AFMA. The report must be
sent by fax (+612 6225 5440) or email xxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx and include:
(a) The date of observation;
(b) The buoy location; and
(c) Any discernable identifying information contained on the data buoy.
Note: Data buoys are defined as floating devices, either drifting or anchored, that are deployed
by governmental or recognised scientific organisations or entities for the purpose of collecting
and measuring environmental data, and not for the purposes of fishing activities.
APPLICABLE BOAT
7. The holder must not use a boat to fish on the high seas unless:
(a) The boat nominated to this concession is legibly marked with the international radio
call sign of the boat;
(b) The boat nominated to this concession has the call sign
shown:
i. a) by white characters on a black background; or
b)
by black characters on a white background; or
c)
by black characters on a background of international safety
yellow;
ii. the characters are in Roman capital letters, or Arabic numerals, without
ornamentation; and
iii. where the boat is less than 20 metres long the characters:
a)
are at least 50 centimetres high; and
b)
consist of strokes at least 6.25 centimetres wide;
iv. where the boat is at least 20 metres long, the characters:
a)
are at least 1 metre high; and
b)
consist of strokes at least 12.5 centimetres wide
(c) Prior to entering and while in the Convention Area continually reports its position
via satellite to the WCPFC Secretariat;
(d) Prior to unloading in a foreign port, the holder must seek approval from AFMA to
unload any fish in that foreign port. The approval may be sought by contacting
AFMA Licensing by fax on (02) 6225 5426 or by email to xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx;
(e) At least 48 hours prior to entering a foreign port for the purposes of unloading,
provide AFMA with the following information via email
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx <mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx>
or fax (02) 6225 5440:
i. the name and international distinguishing symbol of the boat;
ii. the proposed foreign port or ports of unloading;
iii. the estimated time and date the boat will arrive at that foreign port; and
iv. quantities of all species on board the boat.
(f) The holder complies with the following:
i.
ensure all fishing gear remains stowed and secured when transiting any
other country's EEZ;
ii.
where the boat has entered any foreign fishing jurisdiction from the high
seas for the intention of mooring in port, the boat must travel to port by
the most direct route possible, unless approval for fishing within that
jurisdiction has been obtained from that country in respect of the boat;
iii.
where the boat leaves any foreign port, the boat must travel directly to
the high seas by the most direct route possible unless approval for fishing
within that jurisdiction has been obtained from that country in respect of
the boat;
iv.
not to partake in fishing activity within any foreign fishing jurisdiction
during a trip unless approval for fishing within that jurisdiction has been
obtained from that country in respect of the boat;
v.
not to partake in any unloading activity within any foreign port unless an
approval for unloading within that foreign port has been obtained from
that country in respect of the boat; and
vi.
cooperates with inspections by foreign fisheries officer authorised by
other signatories to the United Nations Stocks Agreement. Failure to
comply with an authorised officer's direction may result in this
concession being suspended.
TRANSHIPPING LIMITATIONS
8. Unless authorised by AFMA, the holder must not carry any fish on board the nominated boat
taken by another boat.
9. Unless authorised by AFMA, the holder must not tranship skipjack tuna (
Katsuwonus pelamis)
to another boat.
GEAR LIMITATIONS
10. This concession authorises the use of the following gear only:
(a)
Gear detailed in Attachment A.
11. If the holder is fishing north of the parallel of latitude 20 degrees South by purse seine
method, they must not deploy or fish around a fish aggregating device;
Note: 'Fish Aggregating Device' or 'FAD' means an object or group of objects, of any size, that
has or has not been deployed, that is living or non-living, including but not limited to buoys,
floats, netting, webbing, plastics, bamboo, logs and whale sharks floating on or near the surface
of the water that fish may associate with. This does not include equipment authorised by this
concession.
SPECIES LIMITATIONS
12. This concession authorises fishing for the following species only:
(a) Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis),
(b) Longtail tuna (
Thunnus tonggol);
(c) Northern pacific bluefin tuna (
Thunnus orientalis);
(d)
Fish of the
family bramidae (commonly known as pomfrets or rays bream);
(e) Indo-pacific sailfish (
Istiophorus platypterus); and
(f) Shortbill spearfish (
Tetraptusus angustirostris).
13. The holder must not take:
(a) Albacore tuna (
Thunnus alalunga);
(b) Bigeye tuna (
Thunnus obesus);
(c) Broadbill swordfish (
Xiphias gladiusindo);
(d) Striped marlin (
Tetrapturus audax); or
(e) Yellowfin tuna (
Thunnus albacares);
except in accordance with the
Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2010.
The total combined live weight catch of Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga), Bigeye tuna (Thunnus
obesus), Broadbill swordfish (Xiphias gladiusindo), Striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) and
Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) is limited to a seasonal catch of 2% of the total live weight
of skipjack tuna taken and a trip limit of 50% of the skipjack live weight.
14.
A maximum 35 tonne limit of Longtail tuna (
Thunnus tonggol) per fishing year is in
place across all Commonwealth fisheries. A 10 fish trip limit per operator will be imposed should the 35
tonne trigger limit be reached in any fishing year.
15. When fishing by the purse seine method, the holder must retain on board the nominated boat and
land all Bigeye Tuna (
Thunnus obesus), Skipjack Tuna (
Katsuwonus pelamis) and Yellowfin
Tuna (
Thunnus albacares) except those fish considered by the holder to be unfit for human
consumption.
16. If Bigeye Tuna (Thunnus obesus), Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) or Yellowfin Tuna
(Thunnus albacares) are caught by the purse seine method, the holder must not discard any fish
after the point in the set when the purse seine net is fully pursed and more than one half of the net
has been retrieved.
Note: if an equipment malfunction affects the process of pursing and retrieving the net in
such a way that this condition cannot be complied with, the holder must make efforts
to release the tuna as soon as practicable.
In these conditions “unfit for human consumption” means fish that are meshed or crushed in the
purse seine net, fish that are damaged due to depredation, or fish that have died in the net where a
gear failure has prevented the retrieval of the net and catch and prevented the release of the fish
alive. “unfit for human consumption” does NOT include fish that are considered undesirable in
terms of size, marketability or species composition, or fish which are spoiled or contaminated as a
result of an act or omission of the holder or crew of the nominated boat.
17. If the holder determines there is insufficient well space to accommodate any Bigeye Tuna
(
Thunnus obesus), Skipjack Tuna (
Katsuwonus pelamis) or Yellowfin Tuna (
Thunnus albacares)
caught during the final set of a trip, the tuna may be discarded only if:
(a) The holder and crew attempt to release the tuna in a live and vigorous state as soon as
possible; and
(b) No further fishing is undertaken under the authority of this concession after any tuna
are discarded.
18. The holder must not take Southern Bluefin Tuna (
Thunnus maccoyii) except in accordance
with the
Southern Bluefin Tuna Management Plan 1995.
19. If the holder takes a Northern Pacific Bluefin Tuna or Southern Bluefin Tuna then they must:
(a) Report to AFMA at email xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx (or to fax 02 6225 5439 if
email is not possible) at least one hour prior to the boat mooring or anchoring at port
the following information:
i. NBT/SBT report;
ii. the name of the boat;
iii. distinguishing symbol of the boat;
iv. port of landing;
v. date and time of landing;
vi. number and weight of Northern Pacific Bluefin Tuna on board;
vii. number and weight of Southern Bluefin Tuna on board;
(b) Determine whether the fish is a Northern Bluefin or Southern Bluefin:
i. if the Bluefin Tuna was taken north of 28 degrees south or was greater than
220cm fork length, it may be deemed to be a Northern Bluefin Tuna; or
ii. if the Bluefin Tuna was taken south of 28 degrees south, between 1 January
and 1 May and was greater than 200cm, it may be deemed to be a Northern
Bluefin Tuna; or
iii. If the Bluefin cannot be deemed a Northern Bluefin in part (b)(i) or (b)(ii)
the holder must;
a) deem the Bluefin tuna to be a Southern Bluefin Tuna; or
b) supply a sample of the fish to an AFMA approved testing agency.
The sample must comprise of an intact tail section of the fish
(small part of the keel and caudal finlets). The kept part should
contain a small section of muscle and caudal fins may be trimmed
for transport purposes; or
c) Export the fish to the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale
Market (Tsukiji market), documented as a Southern Bluefin Tuna
(SBT) on the CDRs; and then provide the documentation from the
Tsukiji market showing that the fish in question was sold as a
Pacific Bluefin Tuna (AFMA will then deem the fish as Pacific
Bluefin Tuna and reverse the CDR and SBT quota
decrementation).
Should the landed tuna be deemed a Southern Bluefin Tuna (either by the holder or through
identification) the holder must comply with all requirements of the
Southern Bluefin Tuna
Management Plan 1995.
20. Fishing for bait is subject to the following limitations:
(a) QUEENSLAND
If this concession allows access to waters off the State of Queensland, the holder is
permitted to fish for bait in those waters.
(b)
NEW SOUTH WALES
The holder is only permitted to fish for bait off New South Wales in Commonwealth
waters, outside 3nm.
(c)
VICTORIA AND TASMANIA
The holder while operating in waters of Tasmania and Victoria may use a lampara
net, lift net and/or small scale purse seine to fish for:
i. unlimited amounts of
Emmelichthyes, Trachurus, Sardinops,
Clupea, Engaulis and
Scomber australasicus for use as live bait; and
ii up to three tonnes per trip in total comprising
Emmelichthyes, Trachurus,
Sardinops, Clupea, Engaulis and
Scomber australasicus for use as dead bait.
BY CATCH LIMITATIONS
21. (a) NEW SOUTH WALES
The holder must not take more than the following amounts of finfish per trip while
operating in Commonwealth waters off New South Wales:
i. 200 kilograms in total of Finfish of the Class
Osteichthyes (bony fishes).
(b)
ALL WATERS
The holder must not take any of the following species:
School shark (
Galeorhinus galeus), Gummy shark (
Mustelus antarcticus), Elephant
fish of the Families
Callorhinchidae, Chimaeridae and
Rhinochimaeridae, Sawshark
(
Pristiophorus cirratus and
Pristiophorus nudipinnis), Blue Eye Trevalla
(
Hyperoglyphe Antarctica and
Schedophilus labyrinthica), Blue grenadier
(
Macruronus novaezelandiae), Blue warehou (
Seriolella brama), Flathead
(
Platycephalus sp.,
eoplatycephalus sp.), Gemfish (
Rexea solandri), Jackass
morwong (
Nemadactylus macropterus), John dory (
Zeus faber), Ling (
Genypterus
blacodes), Mirror dory (
Zenopsis nebulosus), Ocean perch (
Helicolenus sp.), Orange
roughy (
Hoplostethus atlanticus), Redfish (
Centroberyx affinis), Royal red prawn
(
Haliporoides sibogae), School whiting (
Sillago findersi), Silver trevally
(
Pseudocaranx dentex), Spotted warehou (
Seriolella punctata), Blue marlin (
Makaira
mazara), Black marlin (
Makaira indica), Black cod (
Epinephelus daemelii) and
Deepwater sharks (
Centroscymnus coelolepis, Centroscymnus crepidater,
Centroscymnus owstoni, Centroscymnus plunketi, Centroscyllium kamoharai,
Dalatias licha, Dalatias calcea, Dalatias quadrispinosa, Etmopterus bigelwi,
Etmopterus dianthus, Etmopterus dislineatus, Etmopterus evansi, Etmopterus fusus,
Etmopterus granulosus, Etmopterus lucifer, Etmopterus molleri and
Etmopterus
pusillus).
CARRYING OF SHARK OBLIGATIONS
22. The holder must not carry or possess any shark (
Class Chondricthyes) dorsal,
pectoral, caudal, pelvic or anal fins on board the boat nominated to this concession
that are not attached to the shark's carcass.
OTHER OBLIGATIONS
23. The holder must comply with the measures that would otherwise apply to foreign fishing
boats as prescribed in Schedule 3 (prescribed measures Western and Central Pacific Fisheries
Commission) of the
Fisheries Management (International Agreements) Regulations 2009. Any
contravention of a measure contained within the
Fisheries Management (International
Agreements) Regulations 2009 will be a contravention of this condition.
24.If a boat is nominated to this concession, at all times when the boat is being used under this
concession, the holder must have provided to AFMA a current emergency contact facility
for the nominated boat.
25. An emergency contact facility must enable AFMA to contact the boat immediately and
directly at any time when the boat is at sea, including in the event of an emergency.
26. AFMA must be notified immediately of any change in contact details, by fax sent to (02) 6225
5426 or by email to xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx <mailto:xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx>; and
the boat
must not depart on a fishing trip unless AFMA has been so notified of the change in contact
details.
Note: The emergency contact facility may take the form of a satellite phone number, or
skipper or crew member’s mobile phone number - any number that may be used by
AFMA to contact the boat while it is at sea at any time, including in the event of an
emergency.
AGENT OBLIGATIONS
27. The holder accepts concurrent liability for all conduct by its servants or agents infringing the
Fisheries Management Act 1991 (or the Regulations, Management Plans or concession conditions
made by virtue of that Act) who may be engaged by the holder to conduct on the holder’s behalf
activity under this concession.
Liability for the conduct of the holder’s servants or agents arises, even if the conduct may be, or
actually is, beyond the scope of the servant or agent’s actual or apparent authority where it is a
breach that occurs during the conduct of activity authorised by this concession.
The holder may avoid concurrent liability for conduct whilst conducting activity under this
concession if, but only if, the holder can establish that the infringing conduct could not possibly
have been prevented by any action or precaution that the holder might have reasonably taken.
The giving of an indemnity by the servant or agent to the holder for any penalties incurred by the
holder, for infringing conduct by the servant or agent is not, of itself, a reasonable precaution to
prevent infringing conduct.
The giving of an indemnity by the holder to the servant or agent would be prohibited and unenforceable on public policy grounds as
encouraging the offending conduct.
TEMPORARY ORDER OBLIGATIONS
28. The holder must comply with any Temporary Order made under sub section 43(2) of the
Fisheries Management Act 1991 and to the extent that any provision herein is inconsistent with
such Temporary Order sub section 43(9) provides that the provision herein is overridden by the
Temporary Order until the Temporary Order ceases to have effect
.
NAVIGATING IN CLOSED ZONES
29. AFMA may suspend this concession in accordance with this condition, pursuant to section
38(1)(c) of the
Fisheries Management Act 1991, if it reasonably appears by VMS transmission
from the nominated boat, that there is a failure by that boat while in a closed zone for the purposes
of regulation 37B of the
Fisheries Management Regulations 1992, to meet the exempting
provisions of sub regulations 37C(2), or (3) or sub regulation 37D(2) or (3)
. Such suspension will
then continue until the concession holder provides a full written explanation, to the satisfaction of
the delegate responsible for issuing that suspension, of the lawful reason for the boat being in that
closed zone at that time, or until the expiration of the suspension under sub section 38(2);
whichever is the earlier.
OBSERVER/MONITORING OBLIGATIONS
30. When directed by AFMA the holder must:
a) give the AFMA Observer Section at least 72 hours notice of an intention to depart on a
fishing trip, by telephone (02 6225 5506, or 0427 016 859) or by email:
xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx <mailto:xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx>; and
b) ensure that the boat does not leave port until:
i. AFMA has notified the holder, or a person acting on behalf of the holder,
whether it directs that an observer is to be carried on the boat;and
ii. if the boat is equipped with electronic monitoring equipment, an electronic
monitoring function test has been completed, AFMA has been notified of the result
of the test, and AFMA has notified the holder, or a person acting on behalf of the
holder, that it is satisfied that the equipment is working correctly.
Note 1: These conditions are in addition to the conditions concerning the taking of observers
that are prescribed in the Fisheries Management Regulations 1992 (the Regulations). Those
conditions are in Schedule 1, Division 3, regulations 9E to 9G
Note 2: AFMA may direct under the Regulations that an observer be carried, even if electronic
monitoring equipment is installed and is to be operated.
INTERACTIONS WITH WILDLIFE OBLIGATIONS
31. When fishing by the purse seine method in the Convention Area as detailed in 1 (b) of the area
of waters and a Whale Shark (
Rhincodon typus) or cetacean is sighted by the holder prior to the
setting of a purse seine net, the holder must not intentionally set a purse seine net around the
Whale Shark or cetacean.
32. When fishing by the purse seine method in the Convention Area as detailed in 1 (b) of the area
of waters and a Whale Shark (
Rhincodon typus) or cetacean is unintentionally encircled in a
purse seine net, the holder must:
(a) Take all reasonable steps to ensure the safe release of the Whale Shark and/or
cetacean(s); and
(b) Report the interaction to AFMA via the Wildlife and Other Protected Species
Form attached to the Purse Seine Daily Fishing Logbook. The holder must
ensure the following additional information is included in the comments section
of the form:
a. A short description of the interaction including details of how and why
the interaction occurred; and
b. The steps taken to ensure the safe release of the Whale Shark and/or
cetacean(s).
MANDATORY AFMA SUPPLIED VMS
33. Direction to Fit
1. When directed by AFMA in writing, the concession holder (or a person acting on the holder’s
behalf) must;
a. make available, within 14 days of the date of the written direction, the boat nominated to
this concession for the purposes of installation of an AFMA Vessel Monitoring System
unit (AFMA VMS unit) by an AFMA approved technician, and
b. Provide all reasonable assistance to the AFMA approved technician including (but not
limited to);
i. the provision of an un-interrupted connection to the boat’s main power source,
and
ii. an appropriate position for the mounting of the AFMA VMS unit.
2. When directed by AFMA in writing, the concession holder (or a person acting on the holder’s
behalf) must;
a. make available, within 14 days of the date of the direction, the boat nominated to this
concession for the purposes of removal of the AFMA VMS unit by an AFMA approved
technician, and
b. Provide all reasonable assistance to the AFMA approved technician.
Concession holder must not interfere with AFMA VMS Unit
3. The concession holder (or a person acting on the holder’s behalf) must not interfere, or attempt
to interfere, with the operation of the AFMA VMS Unit.
Definitions:
AFMA VMS Unit Means a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) unit wholly owned by AFMA,
marked with AFMA identifications and supplied by AFMA and fitted by an AFMA
approved technician.
Interfere For the purposes of these conditions ‘interfere’ includes, but is not limited to;
Physical obstruction or removal of the AFMA VMS unit, or
Deliberately disconnecting or otherwise interfering with the power supply to the AFMA VMS unit,
or
Deliberate physical interference with the casing or any external or internal components of the
AFMA VMS unit.
Notes
Must Make boat available - Where the boat is not made available in accordance condition 33 1 (a)
or 33 2(a), AFMA may suspend this concession pursuant to section
38(1)(c) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.
Must maintain VMS Unit - Regardless of AFMA’s decision to fit an AFMA VMS unit, the holder
must continue to maintain a VMS unit in accordance with regulation 9D
of the Fisheries Management Regulations 1992.
Remains the property of AFMA - At all times the AFMA VMS unit remains the sole property of AFMA.
The holder is liable for any costs incurred as a result of loss or damage
to the unit.
34. HANDLING AND TREATMENT OF BYCATCH
1) The concession holder (or a person acting on the holder’s behalf) must not mistreat bycatch.
Definitions:
Mistreat means taking, or failing to take, any reasonable action or actions, which results, or is likely to result, in the;
i. death of, or
ii. injury to, or
iii. causing of physiological stress to
any bycatch.
Bycatch means any species that physically interact with fishing vessels and/or fishing gear (including
auxiliary equipment) and which are not usually kept by commercial fishers.(Bycatch species may include
fish, crustaceans, sharks, molluscs, marine mammals, reptiles and birds.
Bycatch includes listed protected
species under the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.)
Notes: For the purposes of this condition ‘mistreat’ does not include the taking, or failing to take, action
where it is reasonably necessary to take, or not take, the action;
• to ensure the safety of the boat and or its crew, or
• to comply with the requirements of any AFMA approved bycatch management plan(s) (these may
include Seabird Management Plans, Vessel Management Plans etc.).
Skipjack Tuna Harvest Strategy
Overview of the fishery
The fishery for skipjack tuna,
Katsuwonus pelamis (SJTF) developed in the 1950s as an
offshoot from the Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) fishery off southern NSW. Since 1999 only
small quantities of skipjack tuna have been caught in Australia. An upturn of prices in 2001
suggested an opportunity to develop the Australian fishery (Furlani
et al., 2006e). However,
Australian catches have been very low since 2000, fol owing catches in the order of 5000-
9000t per annum in years prior to 2000.
Purse seining takes approximately 98 percent of the current catch, and is highly size and
species selective because uniform schools are targeted. Skipjack fishing generally forms only
part of a "package" of fishing activity for purse seine vessels, due to both seasonality and
inter-annual variability of skipjack catches. Skipjack tuna is also taken in small quantities by
pelagic longliners operating in both the Eastern and Western Tuna and Bil fish Fishery’s and
by purse seine operations targeting southern bluefin tuna and smal pelagic species.
Purse seine operations targeting skipjack tuna are limited to a maximum seasonal incidental
catch of 2 percent (of skipjack catch) of yel owfin and bigeye tuna, and a trip limit of 50
percent of these species. As these species are covered by the Eastern Tuna and Bil fish
Fishery Harvest Strategy and the Western Tuna and Bil fish Fishery Harvest Strategy, they
wil not be dealt with in this document.
The Australian skipjack fishery is characterised by the highly variable availability of skipjack
and low per kilogram value of catch. Skipjack are a short-lived, highly migratory, highly
productive species, and the variations in abundance are thought to be heavily influenced by
inter-annual variability in environmental conditions (Furlani
et al., 2006e).
Australia’s catch is a very small proportion of the total Western and Central Pacific Ocean
(WCPO) skipjack catch, which can be as high as 1.6 mil ion tonnes per annum (McLoughlin
2006). Currently nearly al of the Australian caught skipjack is processed for canning at the
Port Lincoln cannery; with most recent catches taken in the Great Australian Bight (GAB).
Skipjack are also taken in south-east Australian waters (as far south as Bass Strait), and off
Western Australia. The west coast has a more dedicated fishery than the east coast because
of the proximity of the Port Lincoln cannery. The east coast fishery is also more
opportunistic as it is driven by availability.
Skipjack tuna caught by the southern and eastern Australian domestic fleets are generally
thought to be part of a single WCPO stock from which Australia receives pulses depending
on environmental conditions (Furlani
et al. 2006e). It is generally believed that Australia
fishes the periphery of this stock. The degree of mixing between skipjack from the WCPO
stock and those from the Indian Ocean is largely unknown, but are considered to be separate
stocks (Furlani
et al. 2006e). There is the potential for localised depletion within the
Australian fishery, but this is likely to be very difficult to assess, partly because the eastern
Australian fishery occurs at the fringe of the population’s range, and partly due to high
environmental variability in local abundance and availability from year to year.
The WCPO skipjack stock has been formal y assessed by SPC using the MULTIFAN-CL
assessment model (Hampton and Fournier 2001). The results suggest that the stock is
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sustainably fished at current catches and that there is scope for expansion. The life history of
skipjack renders it less vulnerable to overfishing than longer-lived, less productive tuna
species.
The stock status of skipjack in the Indian Ocean, and hence the Western Skipjack Fishery, is
uncertain. There has been no formal IOTC stock assessment for skipjack, although the
scientific committee had intended to develop one in 2003.
Objectives
The specific objectives for the Australian skipjack fishery are:
i) To maintain flexibility for sustainable development of Australia’s skipjack fishery
given/acknowledging;
The demonstrated current lack of concern regarding overall stock status
The highly variable nature of fishery
The need to mitigate against localised depletion, overcapitalisation and other
issues
Fishing occurs at the periphery of an international y exploited stock: the
Harvest Strategy Policy does not prescribe management arrangements in this
context, deferring to the advice of the Regional Fisheries Management
Organisation (RFMO), or, failing this, the whole of government approach.
The Harvest Strategy is therefore viewed as one tool by which the
fishery wil be managed
The Harvest Strategy wil provide information for the Department of
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) in terms of its whole of
government position
The interaction with Australia’s other domestic fisheries, most notably the
ETBF and WTBF
and
i ) To not compromise Australia’s position in terms of global al ocation at RFMO level
Review of the current management of the fishery
AFMA col ects and maintains logbook data for each of the purse seine (98 percent of catch),
pole and line, and longline sectors of the skipjack fishery. Logbook data is assumed to be
reliable (there is no incentive to misreport), although it is largely unverified.
In May 2003 the skipjack fishery was removed from the ETBF and WTBF. Current
management is by limited entry with fishing permits applying to management zones. There
are 13 Fishing Permits in the western sector and 20 Fishing Permits in the east, with 8
operators granted access to both sectors. The sub-areas within each sector represent
historical tuna zones rather than skipjack management zones. They are likely to be replaced
under new management arrangements with an eastern sector and a western sector
corresponding to the areas of the ETBF and WTBF.
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In 2005, Australia began developing international agreements to manage skipjack. Australia
is a signatory to both IOTC and WCPFC which are responsible for skipjack management
under the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement. It is likely that international agreements to
manage the target species wil be put in place to manage stocks through the WCPFC, but
AFMA wil be required to administer regulations limiting Australian vessel catch and manage
broader ecological impacts within the Australian Fishing Zone (AFZ). The IOTC has not
made any specific management recommendations for skipjack tuna.
Proxies against the Harvest Strategy Policy Reference Points
Given the lack of concern regarding skipjack stock status, the fact that Australia fishes at the
periphery of the stock’s range and takes a very smal proportion of the total Western and
Central Pacific Ocean catch, and that effort in the last 5 years prior to 2007 has been
minimal, the limitations for the fishery are related more to the variable availability of the
resource, localized depletion, and the more vulnerable byproduct species such as yel owfin
and bigeye tuna, than they are to skipjack sustainability.
Regional stock assessment results suggest that the skipjack fishery is underexploited, but the
international jurisdiction issue means that assigning biomass-based target and limit reference
points for the Australian fishery is dependent on resolving al ocation issues at the level of the
relevant RFMO.
General description of the harvest strategy
Fishery Issues; justification for approach
Given the demonstrated lack of concern regarding the overal stock status of skipjack, the
key drivers for management of the Australian skipjack fishery are likely to be: i) catering for
the unique and highly variable nature of the fishery; ii) acknowledging the international
nature of the fishery, and ii ) managing the potential for localised depletion. The Harvest
Strategy should be as cost effective as the fishery is so low in value (i.e. imperative to keep
management costs low), and catch is low. While incidental by-product and by-catch have
possibly a greater potential to limit the fishery than does catch of skipjack, as at December
2007, stakeholders agreed that interactions with the ETBF and WTBF were more
appropriately negotiated as a separated issue as opposed to within the Harvest Strategy.
Commercial operators view the skipjack fishery as an important developing fishery (as
opposed to an opportunistic fishery driven by availability). Significant catching capacity
exists in Port Lincoln, and local y sourced skipjack are an important part of cannery
throughput. Commercial fishers have reiterated the importance of management stability and
cost effective management arrangements as a foundation for future profitability. Moreover,
if the fishery booms, there should be a Harvest Strategy in place that can cost effectively and
efficiently manage such circumstances.
As noted above, the Australia skipjack tuna fishery takes a minor fraction of the total
Western and Central Pacific Ocean catch. The Harvest Strategy Policy does not prescribe
management arrangements for internationally shared resources, but defers to the regional
fisheries management organisation, or, in the absence of agreement, the whole of
government position. Indeed, there is no obligation to develop a harvest strategy for the
Australian skipjack fishery under the Harvest Strategy Policy. In this context, the harvest
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strategy for skipjack will inform DAFF in its role of negotiating Australia’s position. While
the harvest strategy should meet the intent of the Policy, it should be developed without
compromising Australia’s position in the context of international al ocation issues.
Harvest Strategy Overview
The proposed harvest strategy outlines a monitoring approach that underpins a series of
skipjack catch triggers invoking decision rules. These triggers pertain to various levels of
total skipjack catch, and represent a staged approach whereby decision rules assign
progressively higher analysis requirements to higher trigger values. This enables the fishery
to expand in a controlled manner by minimizing limitations placed on fishing activities at
lower trigger levels while seeking an improved understanding of local stock status in order to
better inform appropriate values for the higher trigger levels.
Ultimately, the approach may be revised as the quality of information improves, so that the
fishery is managed at a higher “Tier level”. The proposed approach for the ETBF, whereby
recommended biological catches (RBCs) are set and adjusted according to a decision tree
framework based on a suite of size-based fishery dependent indictors, is one option that may
be considered.
Ongoing monitoring should be cost effective, but should ideally include:
• Verification of catch, bycatch
• Effort data – note that fishery is very opportunistic. Boats tend to be at sea regularly
searching for small pelagics, such that targeted effort for skipjack is much lower than
the total effort
• Observer coverage
• The collection of size-based information as an ongoing requirement, in the first
instance via port sampling programs
• Aerial surveys are an option but as at December 2007 are not considered cost-
effective, and to have little benefit other than ground-truthing skipjack habitat.
A series of skipjack catch trigger points are proposed as fol ows. Note that separate sets of
triggers apply to the eastern and western zones.
1.
Intermediate trigger (level 1) value:
• For either zone:
2000t OR the historical high catch, whichever is the higher
2a.
Intermediate trigger (level 2a) value:
i)
• If the latest (within the last 3 years) regional stock assessment indicates that
the stock is underexploited, set the trigger value at 2x the historical high
catch
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• If there has been no regional stock assessment undertaken within the last 3
years, OR if the regional stock assessment outcomes are uncertain, set the
trigger value at 1.5x historical high catch
• If the regional stock assessment indicates that the stock is ful y or over
exploited, this trigger is automatically reached irrespective of the current
catch level
OR
ii) 75 percent of Level 3 trigger value,
• whichever is the smaller
2b.
Intermediate trigger (level 2b) value:
equivalent in magnitude as the level 2a trigger value but with this value
obtained in each of 2 consecutive years
3.
Limit trigger/stop rule (level 3) value:
Australia’s allocation pending advice from RFMOs, or failing any RFMO
advice, the whole of government position on Australia’s skipjack al ocation
The identification of other potential species around which triggers may need to be set wil be
pending the implementation of a formalised observer program.
Decision Rules (see subsequent section for annotated version with
additional explanation and rationale)
At al trigger levels, the decision rules should be implemented (or actions commenced)
within one month of the trigger value being reached.
1.
Intermediate trigger (level 1) value:
• Analyses to gain insight into the local and regional stock status
Evaluate the situation in the context of broader-scale assessments
(e.g. South Pacific S.P.C. Multifan assessment)
Analysis of local trends using available data: detailed logbook analysis,
information from industry, examination of spatial trends
• Account for localised depletion and/or overcapitalisation and other issues
Possible spatial management/restrictions if evidence of localised
depletion
• Based on analyses (esp. in context of regional stock status) review/revise
higher level trigger values
2a. Intermediate trigger (level 2a) value:
• Decision rules as for level 1 above
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• Additional y (as check against imminence of 2b)
Obtain more detailed stakeholder input and feedback
Meet to refine explicit options for form of semi-quantitative
assessment given possible imminence of 2b
(Low-cost) review of data as gathered to date: is this adequate to
support analysis/assessment at 2b?
Confirm infrastructure is in place to undertake the level 2b
assessment
2b.
Intermediate trigger (level 2b) value:
• Undertake some semi-quantitative assessment (potentially marrying industry
input with an empirical size-based indicator approach such as that proposed
for the ETBF)
• Aim to revise trigger values (including limit [level 3] AND level 1) in more
informed context: providing whole-of government approach with advice in
terms of setting level 3 trigger
• Re-evaluate harvest strategy triggers and decision rules to move to lower-risk,
more informed approach (e.g. Tier 3-4; e.g. empirical decision tree v ETBF
approach of empirical decision tree for RBC based on size-based indicators);
in this context, develop a suite of indicators to be collected via ongoing
monitoring
• Account for localised depletion and/or overcapitalisation and other issues
3.
Limit trigger/stop rule (level 3) value:
• Fishery closed for remainder of year
• Trigger not to be exceeded in subsequent years
Consistency with Harvest Strategy Policy
The Harvest Strategy Policy does not prescribe management arrangements in the case of
fisheries that are managed under the joint authority of the Australian Government and
another international management body/arrangement. As such, there is no direct obligation
to develop a harvest strategy for the Australian skipjack fishery.
However, the proposed harvest strategy is consistent with the Harvest Strategy Policy intent
of maintaining the stock at a sustainable level by setting triggers that detect fishery expansion
and decision rules to restrict effort if evidence is found of local and/or regional depletion. A
key aspect of the decision rules associated with the skipjack catch triggers is to reconcile the
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domestic fishery in the international context and thus discriminate between local dynamics
and whole-of-stock issues.
Moreover, the suite of intermediate and limit triggers facilitate the controlled expansion of
the fishery with progressively higher data and analysis requirements as higher trigger levels
are reached. As such, it enables the fishery to iterate in a control ed and defensibly manner
towards some maximum economic yield. The Policy specified that in situations where the
adult biomass of a stock if greater than or equal to BTARG, AFMA wil have a high degree of
discretion in how that stock is managed. The regional stock assessments for skipjack, at least
for the eastern zone, strongly suggest that the biomass is in excess of BTARG.
Process for review
Resolving the details of a practical means to assess the fishery should be an immediate
review priority, as is finalizing the agreed monitoring program. Prior to, or within the first 12
months of implementation, a review of historical logbook data should be completed in order
to ratify values for the trigger levels.
A key and ongoing aspect of monitoring fishing activity wil be classifying whether the
fishery should be categorized as a developing or as an opportunistic fishery, and to refine
management objectives in this context.
Given that skipjack catch triggers wil not be reached unless catch exceeds historical high
levels, there is likely to be a reasonable timeframe within which to resolve the above issues
before any decision rules wil be invoked.
An integral part of the review process wil be to evaluate the performance of the harvest
strategy in the context of the overal stock status. This wil involve ongoing monitoring of
international catches and SPC assessment outcomes.
Given that the Harvest Strategy Policy does not prescribe management arrangements for
internationally shared resources, the harvest strategy will be used to inform DAFF in its role
of negotiating Australia’s position. The review process should monitor how this translates
into management arrangements for the fishery and ensure that this was consistent with the
harvest strategy (and hence the Policy) objectives.
Existing MSE frameworks developed for the tropical tunas and bil fish (for example,
Campbel and Dowling 2003) may be fairly readily adapted to evaluate the performance of
the management arrangements.
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Skipjack Fishery
Appendix
Annotated description of Triggers and Decision Rules (providing extra
explanation and rationale), and additional Harvest Strategy details
Background to Harvest Strategy development: December 2006
stakeholder meeting outcomes
Annotated description of Triggers and Decision Rules (providing extra
explanation and rationale), and additional Harvest Strategy details
The proposed harvest strategy outlines a monitoring approach that underpins a series of
skipjack catch triggers invoking decision rules. These triggers pertain to various levels of
total skipjack catch, and represent a staged approach whereby decision rules assign
progressively higher analysis requirements to higher trigger values. The fishery is confronted
with the trade-off between setting conservative triggers in the face of uncertainty, against the
cost associated with gaining more local information that would al ow a higher level to be set.
The series of triggers enables the fishery to expand in a controlled manner by minimizing
limitations placed on fishing activities at lower trigger levels while seeking an improved
understanding of local stock status in order to better inform appropriate values for the
higher trigger levels. Given that there are currently no concerns regarding skipjack
sustainability at a global level, the triggers allow scope for controlled expansion of the fishery
while mitigating against overfishing, overcapitalisation and localised depletion. The limit
trigger prevents the total skipjack catch from exceeding a given maximum level without
placing limitations on effort.
Ultimately, the approach may be revised as the quality of information improves, so that the
fishery is managed at a higher “Tier level”. The proposed approach for the ETBF, whereby
recommended biological catches (RBCs) are set and adjusted according to a decision tree
framework based on a suite of size-based fishery dependent indictors, is one option that may
be considered
Setting these triggers relatively generously (i.e. at levels equating at a minimum to the
historical high values) can be justified given that there are no concerns regarding skipjack
stock status, and that a suite of triggers, is proposed. Moreover, indicators from the fishery
(e.g. size-based trends or CPUE patterns) are likely to be relatively meaningless at lower
catch levels due to the inherently high variability in the fishery.
Initial data analysis and ongoing monitoring
The initial part of the harvest strategy implementation should include analyses of existing
catch and effort data, with a view to verifying absolute levels for triggers.
Ongoing monitoring should be cost effective, but should ideal y include:
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• Verification of catch, bycatch
• Effort data – note that fishery is very opportunistic. Boats tend to be at sea regularly
searching for small pelagics, such that targeted effort for skipjack is much lower than
the total effort
• Observer coverage
• The collection of size-based information as an ongoing requirement, in the first
instance via port sampling programs
• Aerial surveys are an option but as at December 2007 are not considered cost-
effective, and to have little benefit other than ground-truthing skipjack habitat.
Additional required? (particularly to validate bycatch reporting and thus avoid bycatch
triggers being set over-conservatively in the absence of information)
Proposed triggers and decision rules/responses to trigger being reached
A series of skipjack catch trigger points are proposed as fol ows. Note that separate sets of
triggers apply to the eastern and western zones.
At al trigger levels, the decision rules should be implemented (or actions commenced)
within one month of the trigger value being reached.
1.
Intermediate trigger (level 1) value:
• For either zone:
2000t OR the historical high catch, whichever is the higher. The rationale is
that 2000t represents a very smal proportion of the total take of the south
west Pacific stock. The historical high catches equate to 1400t in west and
6249t in the east. Note, therefore, that 2000t is approximately 1.5 times the
historical high catch in the west, and that approximately 6000t in the east
equates to approximately 1.5 times the average historical catch over the
1990’s.
Intermediate trigger (level 1) decision rules:
• Analyses to gain insight into the local and regional stock status
Evaluate the situation in the context of broader-scale assessments
(e.g. South Pacific S.P.C. Multifan assessment)
Analysis of local trends using available data: detailed logbook analysis,
information from industry, examination of spatial trends
• Account for localised depletion and/or overcapitalisation and other issues
Possible spatial management/restrictions if evidence of localised
depletion
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• Based on analyses (esp. in context of regional stock status) review/revise
higher level trigger values
The main objective at this trigger level is to provide a check of the status of the local fishery
relative to the regional assessment (and potentially revise the higher trigger levels in this
context), and, via low-cost analyses based on logbook and industry information, determine
whether there is any evidence of localised depletion and move to minimize this if so.
At this level trigger, the analyses may or may not help in determining the future direction of
the fishery, depending on external circumstances that may not be detected by the simple,
cost-effective analyses that are undertaken at this point.
2a.
Intermediate trigger (level 2a) value:
i)
• If the latest (within the last 3 years) regional stock assessment indicates that
the stock is underexploited, set the trigger value at 2x the historical high
catch.
• If there has been no regional stock assessment undertaken within the last 3
years, OR if the regional stock assessment outcomes are uncertain, set the
trigger value at 1.5x historical high catch
• If the regional stock assessment indicates that the stock is ful y or over
exploited, this trigger is automatically reached irrespective of the current
catch level
OR
ii) 75 percent of the Level 3 trigger value,
• whichever is the smaller
By making this trigger value dependent on the outcome of the regional stock assessments, it
is more directly related to the best estimate of stock status. If the stock assessments indicator
under- or over-exploitation, this may be acknowledged by adjusting the trigger to higher or
lower values, respectively.
Intermediate trigger (level 2a) decision rules:
• Decision rules as for level 1 above
• Additional y (as check against imminence of 2b)
Obtain more detailed stakeholder input and feedback
Meet to refine explicit options for form of semi-quantitative
assessment given possible imminence of 2b
(Low-cost) review of data as gathered to date: is this adequate to
support analysis/assessment at 2b?
Confirm infrastructure is in place to undertake the level 2b
assessment
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When this trigger value is reached, if an equal or larger catch is also taken in the next year,
under the trigger 2b decision rules, some form of semi-quantitative assessment wil have to
be undertaken. As such, if this trigger is reached in one year (i.e. level 2a), it is proactive to
acknowledge the possible imminence of an assessment and clarify and confirm the nature of
the assessment that wil be undertaken, that the monitoring program has been adequate to
provide data to support the assessment, and ensure that staff and funding are in place to
undertake the assessment.
2b.
Intermediate trigger (level 2b) value:
equivalent in magnitude as the level 2a trigger value BUT with this value
obtained over 2 consecutive years
Given the high variability inherent in the skipjack fishery, the investment of undertaking a
stock assessment should only be made if high catches are persistent. There is little sense in
undertaking an assessment if the high catch year is an anomaly in what is otherwise a fishery
with low effort.
Intermediate trigger (level 2b) decision rules:
• Undertake some semi-quantitative assessment (potential y marrying industry
input with an empirical size-based indicator approach such as that proposed
for the ETBF)
• Aim to revise trigger values (including limit [level 3] AND level 1) in more
informed context: providing whole-of government approach with advice in
terms of setting level 3 trigger
• Re-evaluate harvest strategy triggers and decision rules to move to lower-risk,
more informed approach (e.g. Tier 3-4; e.g. empirical decision tree v ETBF
approach of empirical decision tree for RBC based on size-based indicators);
in this context, develop a suite of indicators to be collected via ongoing
monitoring
• Account for localised depletion and/or overcapitalisation and other issues
Industry input wil be invaluable in the process of undertaking an assessment, particularly
when attempting to standardise indicators such as CPUE or size-based indicators.
Stakeholders can provide insights that may otherwise be unable to be elucidated from the
data along (e.g. size-based indicators being confounded by market-driven and/or economic
incentives to catch smaller or larger fish).
The ETBF approach of an empirical decision tree using size-based fishery dependent
indicators is a Tier 4 style management system for setting and refining a recommended
biological catch. Ultimately, if the fishery develops and concurrently the level of information
improves, the skipjack fishery may wish to move to a similar system of management.
The rationale behind this intermediate trigger level was to acknowledge persistent expansion
in the fishery and at such a point, undertake a more quantitative assessment in order to
improve the level of understanding of the local stock status and population dynamics. A key
outcome of this assessment would be establish more robust trigger values in a more
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informed context, and as such provide advice to the whole-of government approach in
terms of setting the level 3 (limit) trigger value.
3.
Limit trigger/stop rule (level 3) value:
Australia’s allocation pending advice from RFMOs, or, failing any RFMO
advice, the whole of government position on Australia’s skipjack al ocation
Limit trigger/stop rule (level 3) decision rules:
• Fishery closed for remainder of year
• Trigger not to be exceeded in subsequent years
In setting a limit catch, the harvest strategy must not compromise Australia’s position in the
context of international al ocation, particularly if the limit advocates the Australian fleet to
cease their effort while other fishing nations continue to fish.
It is not sensible to base the limit trigger value on historical high catches given i) the low
proportion of the international take these represent, and ii) that, for the western zone,
historical high catches are unlikely to be related to stock status as so little catch has been
taken from this zone.
In short, the limit trigger should attempt to account for the species stock status while
acknowledging likely or perceived international al ocations. Its value should be partial y
informed by the level 2b stock assessment, and particularly by international issues and the
regional stock status.
It is important to note that, this trigger does not directly meet the intent of the Policy limit
reference point, as it is not based entirely on a notion of domestic sustainability.
Byproduct/bycatch trigger
The identification of other potential species around which triggers may need to be set wil be
pending the implementation of an observer program.
Note there is less bycatch in the western fishery than in the eastern fishery. The western
fishery consists mainly of catch coming from the Great Australian Bight, which is currently
yielding good quality fish. The Great Australian Bight is considered to have good potential
for development.
Additional issues
An additional economic trigger was discussed and may be revisited during the review
process. This was the degree of correlation between price and catch. If there is not a positive
correlation between these variables, a reaction may be desirable from an economic
viewpoint. In particular, if price is high but catches remain low, the reasons for this lack of
positive correlation should be investigated.
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Background to HS development: December 2006 stakeholder
meeting outcomes
Summarised below are two additional sets of triggers that were proposed at the December
2006 stakeholder meeting. They were subsequently omitted when the harvest strategy was
revised and refined at the November 2007 stakeholder meeting, where a series of skipjack
catch triggers became the main basis of the harvest strategy. They are reported here, together
with the rationale for their subsequent omission, to provide transparency and a history of the
process so that the rationale for the agreed approach may be more fully appreciated.
Initial y proposed byproduct/bycatch triggers
• Objective
o These triggers directly address concerns regarding trophic interactions and
undesirable catch levels of higher-risk byproduct/bycatch species
o Such triggers are particularly relevant in the context of the sustainable global
catch of skipjack realised in the skipjack fishery ERA and SPC stock
assessment. Given this, bycatch/byproduct levels are more likely to be a
limiting factor for the fishery than that of the target species.
• The proposed decision rules/responses may include
o Quota (western zone) or effort units (eastern zone) must be sought to
continue catching the identified species beyond their trigger limit value.
o If quota or effort units are unable to be obtained, no further take of these
species is permitted.
o Spatial analysis resulting in spatial restrictions or move-on provisions
o Examine age/biological information to evaluate life-history stage being taken
by fishery
Note that setting bycatch/byproduct triggers requires improving the data at the outset,
including undertaking a review of the data currently available. There exists a good paper trail
from processors, but no information about trans-shipped catch.
Initial y proposed suite of triggers to detect the following fishery anomalies
i) being consistently above a long-term, local, average reference point of an indicator
(e.g. catch);
i ) being consistently below a long-term, local, average reference point of an indicator
(e.g. catch);
i i) the rate of change of this indicator (i.e. an increase or decline) over a given
number of years exceeding a reference point.
These triggers should apply ONLY if and when skipjack catch has consistently remained
above some minimum threshold level (to be determined pending analysis of logbook data as
per 1. above). The notion is to address and/or avoid undesirable persistent local anomalies
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in what is accepted to be a highly variable fishery. In this context, it is meaningless to react to
changes when catches are consistently low.
• The indicator for the triggers has not been finalised. Catch is likely to be the most
practical option.
• Definitions associated with this set of triggers need to be established, including
o “consistently” (e.g. 5 years?)
o magnitudes for being considered “above” and “below” the long-term average
(e.g. at least 30percent?)
o threshold rate for increase and decline.
o The time period over which the long-term average reference level is
calculated would also need to be determined.
• Objective:
o Avoid/address undesirable persistent local anomalies in what is accepted to
be a highly variable fishery.
o While it may be unavoidable that the catch fluctuates in an unpredictable
manner, it would be undesirable from an economic perspective for catches to
remain persistently low relative to a long-term average.
o Similarly, if catches were persistently high, the reason for this should be
investigated. Attention should also be paid to rapid and sustained increases
or declines in catch.
• Decision rules/responses may include
o Obtain more information
o Look at drivers of fishing behaviour (e.g. cannery closes, market prices, fuel
costs) as a possible explanation for the observed anomaly
o Look at the international context – e.g. are the S.P.C. Multifan-CL
assessment results consistent with the observed local pattern?
o Adjust long-term average reference level in response to revised circumstances
o If evidence of a local AND regional decline, reduce effort (via boat numbers?
Trip limits?)
Rationale for 2007 rejection of suite of triggers to detect the fol owing fishery anomalies
The 2007 stakeholder meeting undertook a substantial revision of the previously proposed
suite of skipjack catch triggers. Additional levels of triggers were incorporated, with the
lower levels al owing for controlled expansion with values based on historical high catches
and influenced by the regional stock status, and the limit relating to Australia’s international
al ocation and the whole-of-government position. The decision rules were also revised to be
clearer and less ambiguous. In particular, the commitment to undertake a semi-quantitative
stock assessment was included in the decision rules associated with the highest intermediate
trigger level.
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The triggers around persistent anomalies were proposed as a means of detecting undesirable
fishery patterns in the absence of an understanding of the domestic stock status. However,
the regional stock assessment provides information on stock status, and there is scope under
the revised skipjack catch triggers and decision rules to undertake a localised, semi-
quantitative assessment and develop a suite of indicators to be collected via ongoing
monitoring.
Given this, the inclusion of additional triggers to detect persistent anomalies becomes
superfluous and serves only to introduce additional uncertainty into the harvest strategy.
Moreover, if the catch trigger values are set appropriately, then there is little to be gained by
including these additional triggers. The issue is one of risk vs. consequence: given the current
stock status, the consequences are minimal. At higher levels of fishery development, the
suite of catch triggers provides a precautionary way forward.
While it could be argued that the catch triggers do not detect or respond to the undesirable
state of catches being persistently low, the information available at low levels of catch is so
sparse that there is little to be gained in terms of interpreting this via analysis or assessment.
Having agreed to eliminate these triggers, the fishery stil needs to be mindful of developing
Australia’s position in an international context. In particular, if domestic catches remain
persistently low, then Australia should seek to determine why this is the catch at a regional
level, and in particular, if this is due to over-catch from other nations such that the stock
becomes unavailable in Australian waters. However, this was considered to be a regional
issue rather than a harvest strategy issue.
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75863/1:WST GEAR LIMITATIONS CONDITION - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017
ATTACHMENT A
GEAR LIMITATIONS
1. This concession authorises the use of the following gear only:
(a) Purse Seine.
The size of the purse seine nets must not exceed 1482 metres x 280 metres.
The dimensions of the purse seine nets are determined as follows:
The hung length of a purse seine net must be measured between the last attached net mesh at each end
of the headline. The depth of a purse seine net is the distance in the centre of the net between the
headline and the footrope when they are at their maximum stretch distance apart.
WST GENERAL CONDITIONS - 2015 - 17
AREA OF WATERS
1. This concession is granted for the area of waters described as:
(a) Schedule 1A Part 12A of the
Fisheries Management Regulations 1992, and
(b) Those parts of the high seas that are within the area of competence of the Indian
Ocean Tuna Commission (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention Area") and
west of 141 degrees E as specified in Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the of the
Western
Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2005.
Conditions applying to this Fishing Permit
In addition to the conditions specified by sub section 32(5) of the
Fisheries Management Act 1991, and
the condition in sub section 42(2) to comply with any log book determination, and the condition to
comply with any Direction under s41A in accordance with sub section 32(7A),
the following conditions
are specified for the purposes of sub section 32(6) sub paragraph (a)(i):
Note: Under sub section 32(8) these conditions may be varied, revoked or a further condition specified by
written notice from AFMA.
By s42B(2) of the Act, Regulations may prescribe conditions that apply to fishing concessions.
Regulations have been prescribed in the
Fisheries Management Regulations 1992 providing conditions
that apply to this fishing concession in particular:
Regulation 9D:
Concession holder to ensure that vessel monitoring system is operational.
Regulation 9F:
Concession holder to ensure provision for observer and equipment to be
carried.
Regulation 9G:
Concession holder to ensure observer enabled to perform functions.
Regulation 9I:
Fish to be disposed of to fish receiver permit holder*
Regulation 9J - 9ZL: Catch limits.*
Regulation 9ZO:
Prohibited ways of processing fish.
Regulation 9ZP:
Removal of shark liver.
Regulation 9ZS:
No interaction with protected organism.
Regulation 9ZT:
Recording and reporting interaction with protected organism.
Regulation 9ZU:
Reporting interaction with protected organism if protected organism injured.
Regulation 9ZV:
Reporting interaction with protected organism if protected organism killed.
Regulation 9ZX:
Nominated boat used for trip.
* not applicable to some concessions
AREA LIMITATION
1. The holder must not fish under this concession outside the area of waters described in this
document.
MOVEMENT LIMITATIONS
2. While the holder is fishing in the Convention Area as detailed in 1 (b) of the area of waters, the
holder must not intentionally fish within 1 nautical mile of a data buoy or intentionally interact
with a data buoy.
3. Interacting with a data buoy includes, but is not limited to, encircling the buoy with fishing gear;
tying up to or attracting the boat, or any fishing gear, part or portion of the boat, to a data buoy or
its mooring; or cutting a data buoy anchor line.
4. If the holder unintentionally comes into contact with a data buoy while fishing they must remove
any entangled fishing gear with as little damage to the data buoy as possible.
5. The holder must report any data buoys observed to be damaged to AFMA. The report must be
sent by fax (+612 6225 5440) or email xxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx and include:
(a) The date of observation;
(b) The buoy location; and
(c) Any discernable identifying information contained on the data buoy.
Note: Data buoys are defined as floating devices, either drifting or anchored, that are deployed
by governmental or recognised scientific organisations or entities for the purpose of collecting
and measuring environmental data, and not for the purposes of fishing activities.
APPLICABLE BOAT
6. The holder must not use a boat to fish on the high seas unless:
(a) The boat nominated to this concession is legibly marked with the international radio
call sign of the boat;
(b) The boat nominated to this concession has the call sign
shown:
i. a) by white characters on a black background; or
b)
by black characters on a white background; or
c)
by black characters on a background of international safety
yellow;
ii. the characters are in Roman capital letters, or Arabic numerals, without
ornamentation; and
iii. where the boat is less than 20 metres long the characters:
a)
are at least 50 centimetres high; and
b)
consist of strokes at least 6.25 centimetres wide;
iv. where the boat is at least 20 metres long, the characters:
a)
are at least 1 metre high; and
b)
consist of strokes at least 12.5 centimetres wide
(c) Prior to entering and while in the Convention Area continually reports its position
via satellite to the IOTC Secretariat;
(d) Prior to unloading in a foreign port, the holder must seek approval from AFMA to
unload any fish in that foreign port. The approval may be sought by contacting
AFMA Licensing by fax on (02) 6225 5426 or by email to xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx;
(e) At least 48 hours prior to entering a foreign port for the purposes of
unloading, provide AFMA with the following information via email to
VMSreporting @afma.gov.au or fax (02) 6225 5440:
i. the name and international distinguishing symbol of the boat;
ii. the proposed foreign port or ports of unloading;
iii. the estimated time and date the boat will arrive at that foreign port; and
iv. quantities of all species on board the boat.
(f) The holder complies with the following:
i.
ensure all fishing gear remains stowed and secured when transiting any
other country's EEZ;
ii.
where the boat has entered any foreign fishing jurisdiction from the high
seas for the intention of mooring in port, the boat must travel to port by
the most direct route possible, unless approval for fishing within that
jurisdiction has been obtained from that country in respect of the boat;
iii.
where the boat leaves any foreign port, the boat must travel directly to
the high seas by the most direct route possible unless approval for fishing
within that jurisdiction has been obtained from that country in respect of
the boat;
iv.
not to partake in fishing activity within any foreign fishing jurisdiction
during a trip unless approval for fishing within that jurisdiction has been
obtained from that country in respect of the boat;
v.
not to partake in any unloading activity within any foreign port unless an
approval for unloading within that foreign port has been obtained from
that country in respect of the boat; and
vi.
co-operates with inspections by foreign fisheries officer authorised by
other signatories to the United Nations Stocks Agreement. Failure to
comply with an authorised officer's direction may result in this
concession being suspended.
TRANSHIPPING LIMITATIONS
7. Unless authorised by AFMA, the holder must not carry any fish on board the nominated boat
taken by another boat.
8. Unless authorised by AFMA, the holder must not tranship skipjack tuna (
Katsuwonus pelamis) to
another boat.
GEAR LIMITATIONS
9. This concession authorises the use of the following gear only:
(a) Gear detailed in Attachment A.
10. If the holder is fishing north of the parallel of latitude 20 degrees South by purse seine
method, they must not deploy or fish around a fish aggregating device;
Note: 'Fish Aggregating Device' or 'FAD' means an object or group of objects,
of any size, that has or has not been deployed, that is living or non-living, including but not
limited to buoys, floats, netting, webbing, plastics, bamboo, logs and whale sharks floating on
or near the surface of the water that fish may associate with. This does not include equipment
authorised by this concession.
SPECIES LIMITATIONS
11. This concession authorises fishing for the following species only:
(a) Skipjack tuna (
Katsuwonus pelamis);
(b) Longtail Tuna (
Thunnus tonggol)
(c) Albacore tuna (
Thunnus alalunga); and
(d) Northern pacific bluefin tuna (
Thunnus orientalis);
12.
The holder must not take:
(a) Bigeye tuna (
Thunnus obesus);
(b) Broadbill swordfish (
Xiphias gladiusindo);
(c) Striped marlin (
Tetrapturus audax); or
(d) Yellowfin tuna (
Thunnus albacares);
except in accordance with the
Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan
2005.
13. A maximum 35 tonne limit of Longtail tuna (Thunnus tonggol) per fishing year is in place across all
Commonwealth fisheries. A 10 fish trip limit per operator will be imposed should the 35 tonne trigger
limit be reached in any fishing year.
14. The holder must not take fish of the family bramidae (commonly known as pomfrets or rays bream) in
Commonwealth waters adjacent to the State of Western Australia landward of the 200 metre isobath.
15. When fishing by the purse seine method, the holder must retain on board the nominated boat and land
all Bigeye Tuna (Thunnus obesus), Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) and Yellowfin
Tuna (Thunnus albacares) except those fish considered by the holder to be unfit for human
consumption.
16. If Bigeye Tuna (Thunnus obesus), Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) or Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus
albacares) are caught by the purse seine method, the holder must not discard any fish
after the point in the set when the purse seine net is fully pursed and more than one half of the net has
been retrieved.
Note: if an equipment malfunction affects the process of pursing and retrieving the net in such a way that
this condition cannot be complied with, the holder must make efforts to release the tuna
as soon as practicable.
In these conditions “unfit for human consumption” means fish that are meshed or crushed in the purse
seine net, fish that are damaged due to depredation, or fish that have died in the net where a gear failure
has prevented the retrieval of the net and catch and prevented the release of the fish alive. “unfit for
human consumption” does NOT include fish that are considered undesirable in terms of size,
marketability or species composition, or fish which are spoiled or contaminated as a result of an act or
omission of the holder or crew of the nominated boat.
17. If the holder determines there is insufficient well space to accommodate any Bigeye Tuna
(Thunnus obesus), Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) or Yellowfin Tuna
(Thunnus albacares) caught during the final set of a trip, the tuna may be discarded only if:
(a) The holder and crew attempt to release the tuna in a live and vigorous state as soon as
possible; and
(b) No further fishing is undertaken under the authority of this concession after any tuna
are discarded.
18. This concession does not allow fishing for Southern Bluefin Tuna (
Thunnus maccoyii). Any
take of Southern Bluefin Tuna is to be in accordance with the
Southern Bluefin Tuna
Management Plan 1995.
19. If the holder takes a Northern Pacific Bluefin Tuna or Southern Bluefin Tuna then they must:
(a) Report to AFMA at email xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx (or to fax 02 6225 5439 if
email is not possible) at least one hour prior to the boat mooring or anchoring at port
the following information:
i. NBT/SBT report;
ii. the name of the boat;
iii. distinguishing symbol of the boat;
iv. port of landing;
v. date and time of landing;
vi. number and weight of Northern Pacific Bluefin Tuna on board;
vii. number and weight of Southern Bluefin Tuna on board;
(b) Determine whether the fish is a Northern Bluefin or Southern Bluefin:
i. if the Bluefin Tuna was taken north of 28 degrees south or was greater than
220cm fork length, it may be deemed to be a Northern Bluefin Tuna; or
ii. if the Bluefin Tuna was taken south of 28 degrees south, between 1 January
and 1 May and was greater than 200cm, it may be deemed to be a Northern
Bluefin Tuna; or
iii. If the Bluefin can not be deemed a Northern Bluefin in part c(i) or c(ii) the
holder must;
a) deem the Bluefin tuna to be a Southern Bluefin Tuna; or
b) supply a sample of the fish to an AFMA approved testing agency.
The sample must comprise of an intact tail section of the fish
(small part of the keel and caudal finlets). The kept part should
contain a small section of muscle and caudal fins may be trimmed
for transport purposes; or
c) Export the fish to the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale
Market (Tsukiji market), documented as a Southern Bluefin Tuna
(SBT) on the CDRs; and then provide the documentation from the
Tsukiji market showing that the fish in question was sold as a
Pacific Bluefin Tuna (AFMA will then deem the fish as Pacific
Bluefin Tuna and reverse the CDR and SBT quota
decrementation).
Should the landed tuna be deemed a Southern Bluefin Tuna (either by the holder or through
identification) the holder must comply with all requirements of the
Southern Bluefin Tuna
Management Plan 1995.
20. Fishing for bait is subject to the following limitations:
(a) QUEENSLAND, WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND NORTHERN TERRITORY
If this concession allows access to waters adjacent to the States of Queensland and
Western Australia, and the Northern Territory, the holder may fish for bait.
(b) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
If this concession allows access to waters adjacent to the State of South Australia the
holder may use a lampara net, lift net and/or small scale purse seine to fish for:
i. Unlimited amounts of Emmelichthyes, Trachurus, Sardinops, Clupea,
Engaulis and Scomber australasicus for use as live bait; and
ii. Up to three tonnes per trip in total comprising one or more of
Emmelichthyes, Trachurus, Sardinops, Clupea, Engaulis and Scomber
australasicus for use as dead bait.
Any bait taken must only be used by the holder for fishing under this concession.
BY CATCH LIMITATIONS
21. (a) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
The holder must not take more than the following amounts of fish per trip while
operating in Commonwealth waters off Western Australia:
i. 2 fish in total consisting of either yellowtail kingfish (
Seriola ialandi); or
Amberjack (
Seriola dumerili);
ii. 10 fish in total consisting of Spanish mackerel (
Scomberomorus
commerson), Australian spotted mackerel (
Scomberomorus munroi),
Mackerel tuna (
Euthynnus affinis), Frigate mackerel (
Auxis thazard), Shark
mackerel (
Grammatorcynus bicarinatus), Rake Gilled mackerel
(
Rastrelliger kanagurta), Australian bonito (
Sarda australis), Oriental
bonito (
Sarda orientalis), Leaping bonito (
Cybiosarda elegans), Rainbow
runner (
Elagatis bipinnulata), Dog Toothed tuna (
Gymnosarda unicolor),
Emperors, Tropical snappers (
family Lutjanidae), Emperors (
family
Lethrinidae), Cods, Groupers (
family Serranidae), Wrasses, Tuskfishes
(
family Labridae), Trevallies (
family Carangidae except for
Genus
Seriola), Dolphinfish (
Coryphaena hippurus), Snapper (
Pagrus auratus),
Blue Eye trevalla (
Hyperoglyphe antarctica), Hapuku (
Polyprion
oxygeneios) and Bar cod (
Polyprion moeone);
iii. 20 fish in total consisting of Butterfly mackerel (
Gasterochisma
melampus), Slender tuna (
Allothunnus fallai) and Wahoo (
Acanthocybium
solandri).
(b)
ALL WATERS
The holder must not take more than the following amounts of fish per trip while
operating in Commonwealth waters:
i. 20 sharks, excluding School shark, Gummy shark, Elephant fish of the
Families
Callorhinchidae, Chimaeridae and
Rhinochimaeridae and
Sawshark;
ii. If the boat nominated to this concession is not nominated to a Southern and
Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Boat SFR, the holder may take 5
carcasses in total of Gillnet, Hook and Trap Fishery quota species
comprising School shark (
Galeorhinus galeus), Gummy shark (
Mustelus
antarcticus), Elephant fish of the Families
Callorhinchidae, Chimaeridae
and
Rhinochimaeridae, and Sawshark (
Pristiophorus cirratus and
Pristiophorus nudipinnis).
The holder must not take any of the following species:
Blue grenadier (
Macruronus novaezelandiae), Blue warehou (
Seriolella brama),
Flathead (
Platycephalus sp.,
eoplatycephalus sp.), Gemfish (
Rexea solandri), Jackass
morwong (
Nemadactylus macropterus), John dory (
Zeus faber), Ling (
Genypterus
blacodes), Mirror dory (
Zenopsis nebulosus), Ocean perch (
Helicolenus sp.), Orange
roughy (
Hoplostethus atlanticus), Redfish (
Centroberyx affinis), Royal red prawn
(
Haliporoides sibogae), School whiting (
Sillago findersi), Silver trevally
(
Pseudocaranx dentex), Spotted warehou (
Seriolella punctata), Blue marlin (
Makaira
mazara), Black marlin (
Makaira indica) and Black cod (
Epinephelus daemelii).
TAKING/CARRYING OF SHARK OBLIGATIONS
22. Retained and/or landed School Shark (
Galeorhinus galeus) and Gummy Shark (
Mustelus
antarcticus) must exceed 450 millimetres when measured in a straight line from the middle of the
posterior edge of the aftermost gill-slit to the ventral insertion of the caudal fin.
23. The holder must not land or retain any Thresher sharks (family
Alopiidae) taken within the
Convention Area as detailed in 1. (b) of the area of waters. Any Thresher sharks taken must be
returned to the water in a live and vigorous state where practicable.
24. The holder must report any interaction with Thresher sharks in the relevant logbook.
25. The holder must not carry or possess any shark (
Class Chondricthyes)
dorsal, pectoral, caudal, pelvic or anal fins on board the boat nominated to this
concession that are not attached to the shark’s carcass.
OTHER OBLIGATIONS
26. The holder must comply with the measures that would otherwise apply to foreign fishing boats
as prescribed in Schedule 2 (prescribed measures Indian Ocean Tuna Commission) of the
Fisheries Management (International Agreements) Regulations 2009. Any contravention of a
measure contained within the
Fisheries Management (International Agreements) Regulations
2009 will be a contravention of this condition.
27. If a boat is nominated to this concession, at all times when the boat is being used under this
concession, the holder must have provided to AFMA a current emergency contact facility for the
nominated boat.
28. An emergency contact facility must enable AFMA to contact the boat immediately and directly at
any time when the boat is at sea, including in the event of an emergency.
29. AFMA must be notified immediately of any change in contact details, by fax sent to (02) 6225
5426 or by email to xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx<mailto:xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx>; and the boat must
not depart on a fishing trip unless AFMA has been so notified of the change in contact details.
Note: The emergency contact facility may take the form of a satellite phone number, or
skipper or crew member’s mobile phone number - any number that may be used by
AFMA to contact the boat while it is at sea at any time, including in the event of an
emergency.
AGENT OBLIGATIONS
30. The holder accepts concurrent liability for all conduct by its servants or agents infringing the
Fisheries Management Act 1991 (or the Regulations, Management Plans or concession conditions
made by virtue of that Act) who may be engaged by the holder to conduct on the holder’s behalf
activity under this concession.
Liability for the conduct of the holder’s servants or agents arises, even if the conduct may be, or
actually is, beyond the scope of the servant or agent’s actual or apparent authority where it is a
breach that occurs during the conduct of activity authorised by this concession.
The holder may avoid concurrent liability for conduct whilst conducting activity under this
concession if, but only if, the holder can establish that the infringing conduct could not possibly
have been prevented by any action or precaution that the holder might have reasonably taken.
The giving of an indemnity by the servant or agent to the holder for any penalties incurred by the
holder, for infringing conduct by the servant or agent is not, of itself, a reasonable precaution to
prevent infringing conduct.
The giving of an indemnity by the holder to the servant or agent would be prohibited and unenforceable on public policy grounds as
encouraging the offending conduct.
TEMPORARY ORDERS OBLIGATIONS
31. The holder must comply with any Temporary Order made under sub section 43(2) of the
Fisheries Management Act 1991 and to the extent that any provision herein is inconsistent with
such Temporary Order sub section 43(9) provides that the provision herein is overridden by the
Temporary Order until the Temporary Order ceases to have effect.
NAVIGATING IN CLOSED ZONES
32. AFMA may suspend this concession in accordance with this condition, pursuant to section
38(1)(c) of the
Fisheries Management Act 1991, if it reasonably appears by VMS
transmission from the nominated boat, that there is a failure by that boat while in a closed
zone for the purposes of regulation 37B of the
Fisheries Management Regulations 1992, to
meet the exempting provisions of sub regulations 37C(2), or (3) or sub regulation 37D(2)
or (3)
. Such suspension will then continue until the concession holder provides a full
written explanation, to the satisfaction of the delegate responsible for issuing that
suspension, of the lawful reason for the boat being in that closed zone at that time, or until
the expiration of the suspension under sub section 38(2); whichever is the earlier.
OBSERVER/MONITORING OBLIGATIONS
33. When directed by AFMA the holder must:
a) give the AFMA Observer Section at least 72 hours notice of an intention to depart on a
fishing trip, by telephone (02 6225 5506, or 0427 016 859) or by email:
xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx <mailto:xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx>; and
b) ensure that the boat does not leave port until:
i. AFMA has notified the holder, or a person acting on behalf of the holder,
whether it directs that an observer is to be carried on the boat;and
ii. if the boat is equipped with electronic monitoring equipment, an electronic
monitoring function test has been completed, AFMA has been notified of the result
of the test, and AFMA has notified the holder, or a person acting on behalf of the
holder, that it is satisfied that the equipment is working correctly.
Note 1: These conditions are in addition to the conditions concerning the taking of observers
that are prescribed in the Fisheries Management Regulations 1992 (the Regulations). Those
conditions are in Schedule 1, Division 3, regulations 9E to 9G
Note 2: AFMA may direct under the Regulations that an observer be carried, even if electronic
monitoring equipment is installed and is to be operated.
INTERACTIONS WITH WILDLIFE OBLIGATIONS
34. When fishing by the purse seine method in the Convention Area as detailed in 1 (b) of the
area of waters and a Whale Shark (
Rhincodon typus) or cetacean is sighted by the holder
prior to the setting of a purse seine net, the holder must not intentionally set a purse seine
net around the Whale Shark or cetacean.
35. When fishing by the purse seine method in the Convention Area as detailed in 1 (b) of the
area of waters and a Whale Shark (
Rhincodon typus) or cetacean is unintentionally
encircled in a purse seine net, the holder must:
(a) Take all reasonable steps to ensure the safe release of the Whale Shark and/or
cetacean(s); and
(b) Report the interaction to AFMA via the Wildlife and Other Protected Species
Form attached to the Purse Seine Daily Fishing Logbook. The holder must
ensure the following additional information is included in the comments
section of the form:
a. A short description of the interaction including details of how and why
the interaction occurred; and
b. The steps taken to ensure the safe release of the Whale Shark and/or
cetacean(s).
MANDATORY AFMA SUPPLIED VMS
36. Direction to Fit
1. When directed by AFMA in writing, the concession holder (or a person acting on the holder’s
behalf) must;
a. make available, within 14 days of the date of the written direction, the boat nominated to
this concession for the purposes of installation of an AFMA Vessel Monitoring System
unit (AFMA VMS unit) by an AFMA approved technician, and
b. Provide all reasonable assistance to the AFMA approved technician including (but not
limited to);
i. the provision of an un-interrupted connection to the boat’s main power source,
and
ii. an appropriate position for the mounting of the AFMA VMS unit.
2. When directed by AFMA in writing, the concession holder (or a person acting on the holder’s
behalf) must;
a. make available, within 14 days of the date of the direction, the boat nominated to this
concession for the purposes of removal of the AFMA VMS unit by an AFMA approved
technician, and
b. Provide all reasonable assistance to the AFMA approved technician.
Concession holder must not interfere with AFMA VMS Unit
3. The concession holder (or a person acting on the holder’s behalf) must not interfere, or attempt
to interfere, with the operation of the AFMA VMS Unit.
Definitions:
AFMA VMS Unit Means a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) unit wholly owned by AFMA,
marked with AFMA identifications and supplied by AFMA and fitted by an AFMA
approved technician.
Interfere For the purposes of these conditions ‘interfere’ includes, but is not limited to;
Physical obstruction or removal of the AFMA VMS unit, or
Deliberately disconnecting or otherwise interfering with the power supply to the AFMA VMS unit,
or
Deliberate physical interference with the casing or any external or internal components of the
AFMA VMS unit.
Notes
Must Make boat available - Where the boat is not made available in accordance condition 36 1 (a)
or 36 2(a), AFMA may suspend this concession pursuant to section
38(1)(c) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.
Must maintain VMS Unit - Regardless of AFMA’s decision to fit an AFMA VMS unit, the holder
must continue to maintain a VMS unit in accordance with regulation 9D
of the Fisheries Management Regulations 1992.
Remains the property of AFMA - At all times the AFMA VMS unit remains the sole property of AFMA.
The holder is liable for any costs incurred as a result of loss or damage
to the unit.
37.
HANDLING AND TREATMENT OF BYCATCH
1) The concession holder (or a person acting on the holder’s behalf) must not mistreat bycatch.
Definitions:
Mistreat means taking, or failing to take, any reasonable action or actions, which results, or is likely to result, in the;
i. death of, or
ii. injury to, or
iii. causing of physiological stress to
any bycatch.
Bycatch means any species that physically interact with fishing vessels and/or fishing gear (including
auxiliary equipment) and which are not usually kept by commercial fishers.(Bycatch species may include
fish, crustaceans, sharks, molluscs, marine mammals, reptiles and birds.
Bycatch includes listed protected
species under the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.)
Notes: For the purposes of this condition ‘mistreat’ does not include the taking, or failing to take, action
where it is reasonably necessary to take, or not take, the action;
• to ensure the safety of the boat and or its crew, or
• to comply with the requirements of any AFMA approved bycatch management plan(s) (these may
include Seabird Management Plans, Vessel Management Plans etc.).
Document No. 12
From:
Sent:
Wednesday, 6 July 2016 2:35 PM
To:
Cc:
RAYNS, Nick;
Subject:
Foreign fishing policy - draft review document [DLM=For-Official-Use-Only]
Attachments:
Foreign fishing policy review - 6 July 2016.docx; Appendix 2 - Business process
maps and industry case studies.pdf; Appendix 3 - Information on whole of
government regulatory requirements . . pdf; Appendix 4 - Option one examples -
registration.xlsx; Appendix 5 - Option two and three examples - declaration.xlsx
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Hi all
Thank you for your contribution to the review of Australia’s foreign fishing policy. A draft report is attached for your
comment.
Once finalised, this report will underpin a shorter consultation paper on developing a new foreign fishing policy
which you will receive for further comment. I have made every effort to accurately incorporate your input but, in
many instances, needed to distil information to key messages for brevity purposes. I would be grateful for your
feedback by 2 August 2016 on whether your views have been correctly captured and synthesised.
Thank you again for all your assistance to date
Kind regards
Matt
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Document No. 17
From:
; RAYNS, Nick;
; FINDLAY, James
Cc:
; Neil, Gordon; Thompson, Ian G - SRM
Subject:
RE: Foreign fishing policy [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Attachments:
33. FF policy.docx; 7 Feb meeting foreign fishing annotated agenda.docx
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Good morning all
Thank you for your comments.
in the attached revised working
draft.
I’ve also attached an annotated agenda in preparation for the meeting with
on 7 February.
We look forward to receiving a first draft / outline of the guidelines.
Regards
From:
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To: P
RAYNS, Nick
<xxxx.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx>;
Cc:
Neil, Gordon <xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>;
Thompson, Ian G - SRM <xxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
Subject: RE: Foreign fishing policy for comment [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
UNCLASSIFIED
Good morning Giulia
Thank you for the opportunity to comment. Noting the timeframe for discussion with
I have provided
suggested updated text as opposed to comments. Once you have had a chance to review perhaps it would be most
effective for us to meet and go through the document together to explain the rational?
Regards
Andrew
UNCLASSIFIED
From:
Sent: Thursday, 18 January 2018 4:37 PM
To:
RAYNS, Nick;
Neil, Gordon; Thompson, Ian G - SRM
Subject: RE: Foreign fishing policy for comment [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Afternoon all
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Thank you for your comments and subsequent meeting.
Please find attached a revised policy that addresses the below points. We welcome any further tracked change
comments on the attached.
Noting the meeting to discuss foreign fishing with
is on 7 February, we’d appreciate your
comments by Thursday 1 February so we can provide a copy to
prior to the meeting.
As usual, happy to meet and discuss further.
Thanks
From:
Sent: Monday, 15 January 2018 5:20 PM
To: Neil, Gordon <xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>; RAYNS, Nick <xxxx.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx>
Cc:
Subject: RE: Foreign fishing policy to send to AFMA - thanks [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
UNCLASSIFIED
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From: Neil, Gordon [mailto:xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx]
Sent: Friday, 5 January 2018 2:43 PM
To: RAYNS, Nick <xxxx.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx>;
Subject: RE: Foreign fishing policy to send to AFMA - thanks [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Thanks Nick – that sounds great.
Gordon Neil
Assistant Secretary
Fisheries Branch
Sustainable Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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+61 2 62725863 /+61 466 770 189
From: RAYNS, Nick [mailto:xxxx.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx]
Sent: Friday, 5 January 2018 2:42 PM
To: Neil, Gordon <xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>;
Subject: RE: Foreign fishing policy to send to AFMA - thanks [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
From: Neil, Gordon [mailto:xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx]
Sent: Friday, 5 January 2018 2:38 PM
To: RAYNS, Nick <xxxx.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx>
Cc:
Subject: RE: Foreign fishing policy to send to AFMA - thanks [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Gordon
Gordon Neil
Assistant Secretary
Fisheries Branch
Sustainable Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
+61 2 62725863 /+61 466 770 189
From: RAYNS, Nick [mailto:xxxx.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx]
Sent: Friday, 5 January 2018 2:34 PM
To: Neil, Gordon <xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
Cc:
Subject: RE: Foreign fishing policy to send to AFMA - thanks [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
UNCLASSIFIED
Thanks Gordon and we’ll take a look and get back to you by 19 Jan if that’s OK. Cheers NICK R
UNCLASSIFIED
From: Neil, Gordon [mailto:xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx]
Sent: Friday, 5 January 2018 2:29 PM
To: RAYNS, Nick <xxxx.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx>
Cc:
Subject: FW: Foreign fishing policy to send to AFMA - thanks [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
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Thanks
Gordon
Gordon Neil
Assistant Secretary
Fisheries Branch
Sustainable Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
+61 2 62725863 /+61 466 770 189
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From:
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Wednesday, 31 January 2018 1:46 PM
To:
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blue grenadier operations [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Hi Andrew
As Erin mentioned – we’re in the process of better understanding tax/duty implications for foreign boats that land
and operate out of an Australian port.
Appreciate if you could send through any information you may have that paints a picture of how the Rahua or other
NZ blue grenadier boats were operating (when declared) ? An application for declaration may also prove useful.
Thanks
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Document No. 19
From:
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Questions re foreign fishing policy [DLM=For-Official-Use-Only]
Attachments:
Questions for AFMA.DOCX
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Hi Ryan
As mentioned to Laura – in starting to draft the foreign fishing policy we’ve come across some matters / questions
that we’d like to talk through with you.
I’ve attached the questions for your consideration - noting they are preliminary thoughts and in no way reflect a
policy position.
We’d be keen to meet with you this Friday to have an initial chat and give you some more context. I note Andrew
might not be around but we’re keen to get the ball rolling. We’re happy to meet again once you’ve had some more
time to gather the information.
Let me know if there is a particular time that suits on Friday and we’re happy to walk over to AFMA.
Thanks
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Questions re foreign fishing policy [DLM=For-Official-Use-Only]
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Questions for AFMA.DOCX
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Hi Ryan
As mentioned to Laura – in starting to draft the foreign fishing policy we’ve come across some matters / questions
that we’d like to talk through with you.
I’ve attached the questions for your consideration - noting they are preliminary thoughts and in no way reflect a
policy position.
We’d be keen to meet with you this Friday to have an initial chat and give you some more context. I note Andrew
might not be around but we’re keen to get the ball rolling. We’re happy to meet again once you’ve had some more
time to gather the information.
Let me know if there is a particular time that suits on Friday and we’re happy to walk over to AFMA.
Thanks
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Document No. 21
From:
Sent:
Wednesday, 6 September 2017 9:29 AM
To:
Subject:
RE: foreign fishing discussion paper [DLM=For-Official-Use-Only]
[SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Thanks Ryan, we’ll see you in half an hour.
From:
Sent: Wednesday, 6 September 2017 9:20 AM
To:
Subject: RE: foreign fishing discussion paper [DLM=For-Official-Use-Only]
For-Official-Use-Only
Hello Giulia
Thank you for the opportunity to comment, Please find attached suggested changes and responses / queries
Hope this helps and happy to discuss further.
Regard Ryan
For-Official-Use-Only
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To: FINDLAY, James <xxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx>;
>; Neil, Gordon
<xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
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Subject: foreign fishing discussion paper [DLM=For-Official-Use-Only]
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From:
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To:
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RE: Foreign access to Commonwealth fisheries. [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Attachments:
Letter to Department on FFL - DAWR comments.docx
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Hi Andrew
Thanks for taking our phone call.
As flagged, minor changes to the one paragraph (for clarity on our part). Will leave to you to take on board as you
see fit.
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources |P:
From:
Sent: Thursday, 25 May 2017 1:28 PM
To:
Subject: FW: Foreign access to Commonwealth fisheries. [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
UNCLASSIFIED
Hi Jenny et al.
Please see attached letter. As discussed it looks like I sent it to the old DAFF email by mistake. IF you could arrange a
quick turnaround that would be appreciated.
Andrew
UNCLASSIFIED
From:
Sent: Wednesday, 17 May 2017 8:50 AM
To:
Subject: RE: Foreign access to Commonwealth fisheries. [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
UNCLASSIFIED
Hi Jenny
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Regards
Andrew
UNCLASSIFIED
From:
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To:
Subject: Foreign access to Commonwealth fisheries. [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
UNCLASSIFIED
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
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From:
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From:
Sent: Thursday, 25 May 2017 1:28 PM
To:
Subject: FW: Foreign access to Commonwealth fisheries. [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
UNCLASSIFIED
Hi Jenny et al.
Please see attached letter. As discussed it looks like I sent it to the old DAFF email by mistake. IF you could arrange a
quick turnaround that would be appreciated.
Andrew
UNCLASSIFIED
From:
Sent: Wednesday, 17 May 2017 8:50 AM
To:
Subject: RE: Foreign access to Commonwealth fisheries. [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
UNCLASSIFIED
Hi Jenny
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Regards
Andrew
UNCLASSIFIED
From:
Sent: Tuesday, 16 May 2017 4:47 PM
To:
Subject: Foreign access to Commonwealth fisheries. [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
UNCLASSIFIED
Hello Jenny
As previously discussed please find attached a draft letter for your comment. Once you have provided input I will
incorporate and put to James for signature. Any issue feel free to give me a call.
Kind regards
afma.gov.au
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RE: Foreign fishing policy review - workshop follow up - updated business process
maps and regulatory requirement summary tables [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Attachments:
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Fishing Policy Review requirements - 21 Oct 2015.docx
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Hi Matt – please see attached comments. Note the best way to describe commonwealth concession is the term
“Fishing Concessions”.
Regards
Andrew
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Hi Andrew and Jim
I sent out the below email with attachments yesterday but have realised your names were not on the contact list.
Cheers, Matt
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Foreign fishing policy review - 6 July 2016 (AFMA).docx
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Hi Matt
Thanks for the opportunity to comment. I have compiled AFMAs comments and included them in the attached.
I think they are pretty self-explanatory but if you have any question feel free to give me a call.
regards
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Hi Jenny et al.
Please see attached letter. As discussed it looks like I sent it to the old DAFF email by mistake. IF you could arrange a
quick turnaround that would be appreciated.
Andrew
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Hello Jenny
As previously discussed please find attached a draft letter for your comment. Once you have provided input I will
incorporate and put to James for signature. Any issue feel free to give me a call.
Kind regards
afma.gov.au
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Document 30
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RE: Foreign fishing policy [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
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As requested
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Hi Giulia
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RAYNS, Nick
<xxxx.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx>;
Neil, Gordon <xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>;
Thompson, Ian G - SRM <xxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
Subject: RE: Foreign fishing policy for comment [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
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Good morning Giulia
Thank you for the opportunity to comment. Noting the timeframe for discussion with
I have provided
suggested updated text as opposed to comments. Once you have had a chance to review perhaps it would be most
effective for us to meet and go through the document together to explain the rational?
Regards
Andrew
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; RAYNS, Nick;
; Neil, Gordon; Thompson, Ian G - SRM
Subject: RE: Foreign fishing policy for comment [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Afternoon all
Thank you for your comments and subsequent meeting.
Please find attached a revised policy that addresses the below points. We welcome any further tracked change
comments on the attached.
As usual, happy to meet and discuss further.
Thanks
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Subject: RE: Foreign fishing policy to send to AFMA - thanks [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Thanks Nick – that sounds great.
Gordon Neil
Assistant Secretary
Fisheries Branch
Sustainable Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
+61 2 62725863 /+61 466 770 189
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Cc:
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Gordon
Gordon Neil
Assistant Secretary
Fisheries Branch
Sustainable Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
+61 2 62725863 /+61 466 770 189
From: RAYNS, Nick [mailto:xxxx.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx]
Sent: Friday, 5 January 2018 2:34 PM
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Cc:
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Thanks Gordon and we’ll take a look and get back to you by 19 Jan if that’s OK. Cheers NICK R
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Cc:
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Thanks
Gordon
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RE: Foreign access to Commonwealth fisheries. [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
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Hi Andrew
Thanks for taking our phone call.
As flagged, minor changes to the one paragraph (for clarity on our part). Will leave to you to take on board as you
see fit.
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources |P: 02 6272 2434
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Hi Jenny et al.
Please see attached letter. As discussed it looks like I sent it to the old DAFF email by mistake. IF you could arrange a
quick turnaround that would be appreciated.
Andrew
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Hello Jenny
As previously discussed please find attached a draft letter for your comment. Once you have provided input I will
incorporate and put to James for signature. Any issue feel free to give me a call.
Kind regards
afma.gov.au
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RE: Foreign fishing policy for comment [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
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Good morning Giulia
Thank you for the opportunity to comment. Noting the timeframe for discussion with
I have provided
suggested updated text as opposed to comments. Once you have had a chance to review perhaps it would be most
effective for us to meet and go through the document together to explain the rational?
Regards
Andrew
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Sent: Thursday, 18 January 2018 4:37 PM
To:
; RAYNS, Nick;
; Neil, Gordon;
Subject: RE: Foreign fishing policy for comment [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Afternoon all
Thank you for your comments and subsequent meeting.
Please find attached a revised policy that addresses the below points. We welcome any further tracked change
comments on the attached.
Noting the meeting to discuss foreign fishing with
is on 7 February, we’d appreciate your
comments by Thursday 1 February so we can provide a copy to
prior to the meeting.
As usual, happy to meet and discuss further.
Thanks
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From: Neil, Gordon [mailto:xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx]
Sent: Friday, 5 January 2018 2:43 PM
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Cc:
Subject: RE: Foreign fishing policy to send to AFMA - thanks [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Thanks Nick – that sounds great.
Gordon Neil
Assistant Secretary
Fisheries Branch
Sustainable Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
+61 2 62725863 /+61 466 770 189
From: RAYNS, Nick [mailto:xxxx.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx]
Sent: Friday, 5 January 2018 2:42 PM
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Gordon
Gordon Neil
Assistant Secretary
Fisheries Branch
Sustainable Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
+61 2 62725863 /+61 466 770 189
From: RAYNS, Nick [mailto:xxxx.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx]
Sent: Friday, 5 January 2018 2:34 PM
To: Neil, Gordon <xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
Cc:
Subject: RE: Foreign fishing policy to send to AFMA - thanks [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
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Thanks Gordon and we’ll take a look and get back to you by 19 Jan if that’s OK. Cheers NICK R
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From: Neil, Gordon [mailto:xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx]
Sent: Friday, 5 January 2018 2:29 PM
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Cc:
Subject: FW: Foreign fishing policy to send to AFMA - thanks [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
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Thanks
Gordon
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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
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Document No. 33
A list of boats declared under the Fisheries Management Act 1991 – 2015
Boat
Boat Call
Boat
Flagged Nationality
Concession Holder
Period Deemed
Fishery operated in
Name
Sign
Length
Janas
ZMTW
43.80 m
Australia when
15/04/14 - 31/08/15
HIMI Fishery - CCAMLR - Patagonian
fishing in HIMI, New
Toothfish
Zealand when not
fishing in HIMI
Extended 31/08/15 to
30/11/15
San
ZMA3180
30.1
New Zealand
29/05/15 - 01/12/15
SESS Fishery - Blue Grenadier Winter
Tongariro
Program
There were no vessels declared during the requested period in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
