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industry and to the Australian community in management of the resources of the fishery; and
 (e) to reach Government targets for the recovery of the costs of AFMA in relation to the fishery; and
 (f) to ensure, through proper conservation and management, that the living resources of the AFZ are not endangered by over‑exploitation; and
 (g) to achieve the best use of the living resources of the AFZ; and
 (h) to ensure that conservation and management measures in the fishery implement Australia's obligations under international agreements that deal with fish stocks, and other relevant international agreements.
6 Measures by which the objectives are to be attained (Act s 17 (5))
  The measures by which the objectives of this Management Plan are to be attained include the following:
 (a) undertaking an annual evaluation of the services required to manage the fishery (including, for example, management, enforcement, compliance, register maintenance, data collection, research and consultation services);
 (b) revising the number, range and cost of those services evaluated under paragraph (a) as shown to be necessary by the evaluation;
 (c) determining reference points for maintaining an ecologically sustainable stock of Patagonian toothfish;
 (d) setting the total allowable catch for Patagonian toothfish for the fishery and, each year in the fishery, as needed, to manage the species, taking account of information from the RAG and the MAC on appropriate harvest levels;
 (e) if any stocks of target or bycatch species are considered depleted, implementing a strategy to meet stock recovery targets;
 (f) granting statutory fishing rights for the fishery to eligible persons;
 (g) limiting the number of boats operating in the fishery to 3 initially;
 (h) developing and implementing a management strategy to ensure that fishing is conducted in an ecologically sustainable way;
 (i) developing and implementing a 5‑year strategic research program to support assessment and management of the fishery and reviewing the program annually;
 (k) ensuring that a fishery assessment plan is developed and reviewed in accordance with section 9;
 (l) monitoring the impact of fishing on Patagonian toothfish, species that are caught as bycatch, ecologically‑related species and the marine environment, and implementing any related strategies that are necessary to ensure the sustainability of those species and the marine environment, and to ensure that bycatch limitations are not exceeded;
 (m) continually evaluating the mechanisms that have been put into place to monitor fishing against statutory fishing rights and the total allowable catch, and modifying those mechanisms, as necessary, to improve the monitoring;
 (n) periodically checking the accuracy and consistency of information kept in relation to the fishery;
 (o) issuing directions prohibiting the use of the fishery, or part of the fishery, during specified periods, telling the holders of statutory fishing rights about those