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an ecologically sustainable fishery.
2.2 Commonwealth harvest strategy
 (1) For subsection 17(5C) of the Act, the stock‑specific reference points for straddling fish stocks, highly migratory fish stocks and ecologically related fish stocks are as set out in the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Harvest Strategy (ETBF Harvest Strategy) approved by AFMA on  11 December 2007.
 (2) AFMA may review the ETBF Harvest Strategy, and change it as a result of the review, to ensure that it remains appropriate for maintaining ecologically viable stocks of the quota species and an ecologically sustainable fishery.
 (3) AFMA may establish, for a non‑quota species, a Harvest Strategy that is appropriate for maintaining ecologically viable stocks of those species and an ecologically sustainable fishery.
Part 3 Total allowable commercial catch (TACC)
3.2 Determination of TACC
 (1) Before the start of each fishing season, AFMA must determine the TACC for each quota species for one or more seasons.
 (2) When determining the TACC, AFMA must also determine:
 (a) the determined weight or the determined percentage (or both) for section 4.5; and
 (b) the determined percentage for section 4.6.
 (3) AFMA may, by determination, vary the TACC for a fishing season before the start of the season.
 (4) Before determining a TACC or any of the matters mentioned in subsection (2), AFMA must consider:
 (a) information given by the advisory committee, other interested Australian and international bodies and other interested persons; and
 (b) the total estimated catch by the commercial, recreational, indigenous and other users of the fishery; and
 (c) information about the sustainability of marine species in the area of the fishery; and
 (d) the Commonwealth Harvest Strategy Policy and ETBF Harvest Strategy; and
 (e) the precautionary principle; and
 (f) any decisions made by the Minister or an intergovernmental Ministerial Council about resource sharing in the fishery; and
 (g) the likely effect, for the fishing season, of any overcatch permitted under section 4.5.
 (5) A determination of a TACC must specify the TACC, expressed as:
 (a) whole weight; or
 (b) another weight, as specified in the determination.
 (6) If a determination of a TACC for a quota species and a fishing season is revoked or disallowed, the TACC for that species for the immediately preceding fishing season is taken to be the TACC  for that species for the fishing season.
3.3 Quantity of fish that may be taken
  The quota for an SFR for a quota species for a fishing season is:
where:
T is the TACC for the species for the fishing season;
S is the total number of SFRs in force for the species at the start of the fishing season.
3.4 AFMA to notify TACC and quota
  Before the start of each fishing season,