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the fishery;
 (d) to ensure AFMA's accountability to the fishing industry and to the Australian community in management of the resources of the fishery;
 (e) to reach Government targets for the recovery of the costs of AFMA in relation to the fishery;
 (f) to ensure, through proper conservation and management, that the living resources of the AFZ are not endangered by over‑exploitation;
 (g) to achieve the best use of the living resources of the AFZ.
7 Measures by which the objectives are to be achieved (Act s 17 (5))
  The measures by which the objectives of this Management Plan are to be achieved include the following:
 (a) granting transferable statutory fishing rights for the fishery to eligible persons;
 (b) directing statutory fishing right holders, as necessary, not to engage in fishing to ensure the sustainability of the resources of the fishery;
 (c) setting and varying the total allowable catch for each species of scallop each year in the fishery in accordance with the harvest strategy;
 (d) implementing a program of research, data collection and monitoring relevant to the assessment and management of the fishery;
 (e) establishing an effective program of catch monitoring and surveillance of the fishery to ensure compliance with the Management Plan;
 (f) developing a series of biological, economic and other data that can be used to assess the fishery;
 (g) developing, implementing and reviewing the bycatch action plan mentioned in section 9;
 (h) supporting the Committee in facilitating the development of sound, cost‑effective fisheries management for the fishery;
 (i) preparing an annual budget of costs associated with managing the fishery, and setting and collecting levies and fees for the fishery;
 (j) publishing information about the fishery;
 (k) using the results of research to ensure fishing is conducted in an economically efficient and ecologically sustainable way;
 (l) checking accuracy and consistency of information kept in relation to the fishery.
8 Performance criteria against which measures taken may be assessed (Act s 17 (5))
 (1) The performance criteria against which the measures taken may be assessed are:
 (a) that effective strategies are in place to ensure that stocks of any depleted fish resources are being rebuilt; and
 (b) that a total allowable catch is set for each species of scallop for each fishing season and that the amount of scallops taken in a fishing season does not exceed the total allowable catch for the season; and
 (c) that cost‑effective and high quality research is carried out in relation to the fishery in accordance with a 5‑year strategic research plan, the results of which are:
 (i) included in the assessment process for the fishery; and
 (ii) published in the assessment reports for the fishery; and
 (iii) taken into consideration in