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Fisheries Act 1996

Quota management system - Declaration of quota management system

20: Setting and variation of total allowable commercial catch

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"The Minister decides how many fish can be caught for sale and can change this number as needed."

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The Minister sets a total allowable commercial catch for each quota management stock. You can find this in the Gazette. The Minister can change this catch by increasing or reducing it. The Minister can set or change the catch to zero if needed. Any changes to the catch will start on the first day of the next fishing year. The total allowable commercial catch cannot be more than the total allowable catch set for that stock. The Minister must follow certain rules when setting the catch, such as setting a total allowable catch under section 13 or section 14. The catch can be changed in accordance with sections 25 and 26.

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Part 4Quota management system
Declaration of quota management system

20Setting and variation of total allowable commercial catch

  1. Subject to this section, the Minister shall, by notice in the Gazette, set in respect of the quota management area relating to each quota management stock a total allowable commercial catch for that stock, and that total allowable commercial catch shall continue to apply in each fishing year for that stock unless varied under this section, or until an alteration of the quota management area for that stock takes effect in accordance with sections 25 and 26.

  2. The Minister may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, vary any total allowable commercial catch set for any quota management stock by increasing or reducing that total allowable commercial catch.

  3. Without limiting the generality of subsections (1) and (2), the Minister may set or vary a total allowable commercial catch at, or to, zero.

  4. Every total allowable commercial catch set or varied under this section shall have effect on and from the first day of the next fishing year for the quota management stock concerned.

  5. A total allowable commercial catch for any quota management stock shall not—

  6. be set unless the total allowable catch for that stock has been set under section 13 or section 14; or
    1. be greater than the total allowable catch set for that stock.

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      Notes
      • Section 20(1): amended, on , by section 5 of the Fisheries (Remedial Issues) Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 67).