Fisheries Act 1994Fisheries Quota Declaration 20191Short titleThis declaration may be cited as the Fisheries Quota Declaration 2019.2CommencementThis declaration commences on 28 May 2019.3Application of declaration(1)This declaration declares total quota entitlements for particular fisheries, or particular parts of a fishery, for section 37 of the Act.(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.Note—See, for example, section 11 of that regulation in relation to references to quota authorities by name.s 3 amd 2019 SL No. 179 s 152 sch 124Total quota entitlements(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. 179 s 152 sch 12; 2020 SL No. 267 s 4sub 2021 SL No. 76 s 115s 5 amd 2019 SL No. 179 s 152 sch 12; 2021 SL No. 53 s 4om 2021 SL No. 76 s 116s 6 amd 2019 SL No. 179 s 152 sch 12sub 2020 SL No. 66 s 4amd 2021 SL No. 29 s 41om 2021 SL No. 76 s 117s 7 ins 2019 SL No. 178 s 124om 2021 SL No. 76 s 11Schedule 1Total quota entitlementssection 4Part 1Commercial net fisheriesEast coast inshore management region 5
Column 1—fishColumn 2—amount
grey mackerel20,393kg
school mackerel69,085kg
whiting162,000kg
Part 2Commercial crab fisheriesDivision 1Commercial crab fisheryBlue swimmer crab management region
Column 1—fishColumn 2—amount
blue swimmer crab263,000kg
Mud crab east coast management region
Column 1—fishColumn 2—amount
mud crab770,000kg
Mud crab Gulf of Carpentaria management region
Column 1—fishColumn 2—amount
mud crab108,000kg
Division 2Commercial spanner crab fishery (managed area A)Column 1—fishColumn 2—amount
spanner crab847t
Part 3Commercial hand-harvest fisheriesSea cucumber fishery (east coast)
Column 1—fishColumn 2—amount
black teatfish29,988kg
white teatfish53,001kg
other sea cucumber307,999kg
Coral fishery
Column 1—fishColumn 2—amount
specialty coral50,570kg
select coral—
•Acanthophyllia deshayesiana600kg
•Cycloseris cyclolites600kg
•Euphyllia glabrescens926kg
•Fimbriaphyllia ancora1,863kg
•Homophyllia cf. australis1,065kg
•Micromussa lordhowensis3,715kg
•Trachyphyllia geoffroyi701kg
other coral140,012kg
Shell grit fishery
Column 1—fishColumn 2—amount
shell grit200,000kg
Trochus fishery (east coast)
Column 1—fishColumn 2—amount
trochus190,000kg
Commercial crayfish and rocklobster fishery
Column 1—fishColumn 2—amount
red champagne lobster and tropical rocklobster195,000kg
Part 4Other commercial fisheriesSpanish mackerel fishery
Column 1—fishColumn 2—amount
spanish mackerel165t
Reef line fishery
Column 1—fishColumn 2—amount
regulated coral trout912t
redthroat emperor558t
other regulated coral reef fin fish955.597t
Commercial trawl fishery (fin fish)
Column 1—fishColumn 2—amount
goatfish100t
prescribed whiting1,393t
yellowtail scad100t
sch 1 ins 2021 SL No. 76 s 11amd 2021 SL No. 162 s 13; 2021 SL No. 76 s 12; 2022 SL No. 194 s 6; 2023 SL No. 36 s 4; 2023 SL No. 44 s 25; 2023 SL No. 80 s 11; 2023 SL No. 194 s 43