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reports and other information;

                                                                                                                                     b. assess, in consultation with the Department of the Environment and Energy, whether it is feasible and desirable to further improve existing mitigation measures; and

                                                                                                                                     c. if identified, implement improved mitigation measures designed to enable the criterion to be achieved in future.

  3.       Criterion for a longline fishery exceeded in a fishing area or fishery in the next corresponding season                 AFMA will implement additional mitigation measures, if identified, for individual vessels that have exceeded the criterion. AFMA must consider suspension from fishing using longline fishing methods until AFMA and the Department of the Environment and Energy are satisfied with mitigation measures implemented on affected vessels.

                                                                                                                                   AFMA may also close the fishing area or fishery to fishing using longline fishing methods until AFMA and the Department of the Environment and Energy are satisfied that mitigation measures are available for deployment to enable the criterion to be achieved.

  4.       Independent monitoring of a fishing area, fishery and/or season does not meet coverage levels in the criteria           AFMA will take such actions as are necessary to promptly increase independent monitoring levels to meet specified levels.

  4. AFMA will consider the different demersal longline sectors in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (scalefish hook, shark hook and scalefish automatic longline) when applying a management response.
  5. AFMA will take into account the conservation status of seabirds caught during longline fishing operations in determining whether a more rigorous management response is required, in addition to that required in Table 2 (see above).
  6. AFMA and the Department of the Environment and Energy will report annually to the stakeholder group on progress towards achieving the objective of this threat abatement plan, implementation of actions under the plan, and changes to the conservation status of threatened seabird species.
  7. AFMA will implement extension and training programs for longline fishers, where appropriate.
  8. AFMA will implement a risk based compliance strategy to ensure that all requirements of this threat abatement plan relevant to the mitigation of seabird bycatch are complied with. AFMA will provide to the stakeholder group annual summary compliance reports. These reports will include an assessment of the effectiveness of implementation of all mitigation measures, and will describe any incidents of non-reporting of interactions or mortalities in Australia's domestic and high seas oceanic longline fisheries.
  9. AFMA and the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources will communicate the results of implementing this threat abatement plan, and will promote seabird bycatch mitigation and the need to use effective mitigation measures to foreign fishers through international fisheries forums. This advocacy will focus on ensuring that seabird bycatch mitigation measures across the range of affected seabird species are complementary with those outlined in