This declaration may be cited as the Fisheries Quota Declaration 2019.
This declaration commences on 28 May 2019.
(1)This declaration declares total quota entitlements for particular fisheries, or particular parts of a fishery, for section 37 of the Act.(2)A reference in this declaration to a fishery is a reference to the fishery of that name under the Fisheries Regulation 2008.(2)Unless this declaration provides otherwise, terms used in it have the meaning given under the Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019.(3)Subsection (2) is not limited to a term defined under the Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019 but also applies to a provision of the regulation that aids the interpretation of a term mentioned in the regulation.See, for example, section 11 of that regulation in relation to references to quota authorities by name.s 3 amd 2019 SL No. 179s 152sch 12
4Commercial trawl fishery (fin fish)
The total quota entitlement for the commercial trawl fishery (fin fish) for each calendar year for fish mentioned in column 1 is the amount stated in column 2—
Fish
Amount
goatfish
100t
prescribed whiting as defined in the Fisheries Regulation 2008, section 609A
1,106t
yellowtail scad
100t
The total quota entitlement for the reef line commercial fishery for each line year (as defined in the Fisheries Regulation 2008, schedule 11, part 2) for fish mentioned in column 1, taken under all line units of the type mentioned in column 2, is the amount stated in column 3—
Fish
Line unit
Amount
regulated coral trout as defined in the Fisheries Regulation 2008, schedule 11, part 2
CT line unit as defined in the Fisheries Regulation 2008, schedule 11, part 2
1,163t
redthroat emperor
RTE line unit as defined in the Fisheries Regulation 2008, schedule 11, part 2
610.88t
regulated coral reef fin fish as defined in the Fisheries Regulation 2008, schedule 11, part 2 other than the fish mentioned in the above entries
OS line unit as defined in the Fisheries Regulation 2008, schedule 11, part 2
955.597t
6Commercial spanner crab fishery (managed area A)
The total quota entitlement for the commercial spanner crab fishery (managed area A) for each ITQ year (as defined in the Fisheries Regulation 2008, schedule 11, part 2) for spanner crabs is 847t.
(1)The total quota entitlement for a commercial fishery, or a part of a commercial fishery, mentioned in schedule 1 for fish mentioned in column 1 of the schedule is the amount stated opposite the fish in column 2.(2)The total quota entitlement applies to—(a)for fish taken in the commercial trawl fishery (fin fish)—each calendar year; or(b)for fish taken in another commercial fishery or a part of another commercial fishery—each quota year, as defined in the Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019, section 107, for the quota authority authorising the taking of the fish in the fishery or the part of the fishery.(3)A reference to a part of a commercial fishery in schedule 1 by name is a reference to the part of the fishery of that name described in a fishery provision about the fishery.s 4 amd 2019 SL No. 179s 152sch 12; 2020 SL No. 267s 4
s 6 amd 2019 SL No. 179s 152sch 12
s 7 ins 2019 SL No. 178s 124
East coast inshore management region 5 | |
Column 1—fish | Column 2—amount |
grey mackerel | 20,393kg |
school mackerel | 69,085kg |
whiting | 162,000kg |
Blue swimmer crab management region | |
Column 1—fish | Column 2—amount |
blue swimmer crab | 263,000kg |
Mud crab east coast management region | |
Column 1—fish | Column 2—amount |
mud crab | 770,000kg |
Mud crab Gulf of Carpentaria management region | |
Column 1—fish | Column 2—amount |
mud crab | 108,000kg |
Column 1—fish | Column 2—amount |
spanner crab | 797t |
Sea cucumber fishery (east coast) | |
Column 1—fish | Column 2—amount |
black teatfish | 29,988kg |
white teatfish | 53,001kg |
other sea cucumber | 307,999kg |
Coral fishery | |
Column 1—fish | Column 2—amount |
specialty coral | 50,570kg |
select coral— | |
• Acanthophyllia deshayesiana | 600kg |
• Cycloseris cyclolites | 600kg |
• Euphyllia glabrescens | 926kg |
• Fimbriaphyllia ancora | 1,863kg |
• Homophyllia cf. australis | 1,065kg |
• Micromussa lordhowensis | 3,715kg |
• Trachyphyllia geoffroyi | 701kg |
other coral | 140,012kg |
Shell grit fishery | |
Column 1—fish | Column 2—amount |
shell grit | 200,000kg |
Trochus fishery (east coast) | |
Column 1—fish | Column 2—amount |
trochus | 190,000kg |
Commercial crayfish and rocklobster fishery | |
Column 1—fish | Column 2—amount |
red champagne lobster and tropical rocklobster | 195,000kg |
Spanish mackerel fishery | |
Column 1—fish | Column 2—amount |
spanish mackerel | 165t |
Reef line fishery | |
Column 1—fish | Column 2—amount |
regulated coral trout | 912t |
redthroat emperor | 558t |
other regulated coral reef fin fish | 955.597t |
Commercial trawl fishery (fin fish) | |
Column 1—fish | Column 2—amount |
goatfish | 100t |
prescribed whiting | 1,393t |
yellowtail scad | 100t |
sch 1 ins 2021 SL No. 76s 11
amd 2021 SL No. 162s 13; 2021 SL No. 76s 12; 2022 SL No. 194s 6; 2023 SL No. 36s 4; 2023 SL No. 44s 25; 2023 SL No. 80s 11; 2023 SL No. 194s 43; 2024 SL No. 78s 4