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research plan, the results of which are:
 (i) included in the assessment process of the fishery; and
 (ii) published in the assessment reports of the fishery; and
 (iii) taken into consideration in determining the total allowable catch, and other management arrangements, in a fishing year; and
 (h) that the monitoring required by the fisheries assessment plan developed under section 9 has been undertaken; and
 (i) that data is collected and analysed in a timely manner to enable:
 (i) evaluation of the effectiveness of the strategies to maintain or rebuild the resources of the fishery at, or to, an acceptable level; and
 (ii) modification of those strategies; and
 (j) that the cost‑effectiveness of management is assessed periodically; and
 (k) that the economic efficiency of the fishery is assessed periodically using economic data provided, on request, by statutory fishing right holders; and
 (l) that the budgetary objectives of the fishery are achieved.
 (2) AFMA and the MAC must, at least once every 5 years, assess the effectiveness of the Plan including the measures taken to achieve the objectives of this Management Plan by reference to the performance criteria mentioned in subsection (1).
 (3) AFMA must include in its annual report for a financial year a statement of the extent to which the performance criteria mentioned in subsection (1) were met in the year.
 (4) Each year, the MAC must assess the extent to which the performance criteria mentioned in subsection (1) have been met in that year.
8 Bycatch (Act s 17 (6D))
 (1) AFMA must ensure that bycatch is reduced to, or kept at, a minimum.
 (2) AFMA must ensure that:
 (a) the total catch of non‑target species is kept below a level that will allow stocks of the species to be maintained at an ecologically sustainable level; and
 (b) all reasonable steps are taken to minimise incidental interactions with seabirds and marine mammals; and
 (c) the ecological impacts of fishing operations on habitats in the area of the fishery are minimised and kept below an acceptable level.
9 Fisheries assessment plan
 (1) AFMA must develop and implement a fisheries assessment plan to ensure that an adequate program of monitoring takes place in the fishery.
 (2) The fisheries assessment plan must provide for:
 (a) an adequate program of monitoring to ensure that reliable fisheries stock estimates can be made for each target species; and
 (b) adequate monitoring of the direct impact of the fishery on non‑target species and the ecosystem in the area of the fishery; and
 (c) the allocation, by 1 March of each fishing year, of monitoring responsibilities to statutory fishing right holders in proportion to the numbers of statutory fishing rights they are likely to hold at the