Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01020:reg:6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01020
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6
Character Range: 27759–28429

6  Ecological risk management plan
 6.1 AFMA must establish an ecological risk management plan for the SBT Fishery.
 6.2 The plan must require action to ensure that:
 (a) information is gathered about the impact of the fishery on by‑catch species; and
 (b) all reasonable steps are taken to minimise interaction with sea birds, marine reptiles, marine mammals and fish of a kind mentioned in sections 15 and 15A of the Act; and
 (c) the ecological impacts of fishing operations on habitats in the SBT Fishery area are minimised and kept at an acceptable level; and
 (d) by‑catch is reduced, or kept at, a minimum and below a level that might threaten by‑catch species.