Small Pelagic Fishery Management Plan 2009. Country/Territory Australia Document type Miscellaneous Date 2010 (2013) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Marine fisheries Migratory species Fishing gear/fishing method Seasons Fishing area Fishery management and conservation Allocation/quota Total allowable catch Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Entry into force notes This Management Plan enters into force on 13 January 2010. Abstract This Plan, consisting of 58 sections divided into ten Parts and completed by four Schedules, regulates the Small Pelagic Fishery Management. The objectives of this Management Plan, and the objectives for the Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA) to pursue when administering the Plan, are the same as the objectives set out in section 3 of the Act. The measures by which the objectives of this Management Plan are to be attained include the following: a) providing the services needed to manage the fishery (including data collection, research and consultation and services to ensure compliance with the Plan); b) annually evaluating and, if necessary, revising the range, extent and cost of the services mentioned in paragraph (a); c) reviewing ecological risk assessments of marine communities, quota and non-quota species, and protected species to determine the risk to the maintenance of an ecologically sustainable fishery; d) developing, in cooperation with stakeholders, a plan to strategically address any high risks identified during an ecological risk assessment; e) setting catch limits, or designing other measures, for non-quota species to ensure the ecological sustainability of these species; f) setting catch limits and managing quota species in accordance with the Harvest Strategy; g) issuing directions prohibiting fishing in the fishery, or part of the fishery, during specified periods, informing the holders of fishing concessions about those directions, and requiring the holders to comply with the directions; h) granting SFRs to eligible persons; i) consulting with the advisory committee about the management of the fishery; j) in accordance with the government’s cost recovery policy, preparing annual budgets and recommending levies to recover the costs of management that are attributable to the fishing industry; k) identifying impediments to maximizing the net economic returns to the Australian community in managing the resources of the fishery and developing strategies to minimise the effect of, or eliminate, the impediments; etc. Full text English Website www.legislation.gov.au References - Legislation Implements Fisheries Management Act 1991. Legislation | Australia | 1991 (2020) Keyword: Basic legislation, Marine fisheries, Fishery management and conservation, Foreign fishing, Fishing vessel, Fishing gear/fishing method, Traditional rights/customary rights, Allocation/quota, Registration, Research, Access right, High seas, Concession, Sub-national agreement, Enforcement/compliance, International trade, Non-commercial fishing, Offences/penalties, Cartilaginous fishes, Fishing authorization, Integrated management, Biodiversity, Authorization/permit, Maritime zone, Continental shelf Source: FAO, FAOLEX