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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 directions, and requiring the holders to comply with the directions;
 (p) implementing long‑term management arrangements that pursue economic efficiency for the fishery;
 (q) periodically evaluating whether the range and extent of management services provided by AFMA are consistent with cost‑effective management;
 (r) preparing an annual budget of costs associated with managing the fishery, and setting and collecting levies and fees for the fishery;
 (s) developing management measures each year including measures having regard for the conservation measures developed by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources;
 (t) implementing the management measures mentioned in paragraph (s) by imposition of appropriate conditions on statutory fishing rights or by appropriate legislative means.
7 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 AFMA includes in its annual report details of the range and cost of services provided by AFMA in that year; and
 (b) that AFMA's management of the fishery is assessed periodically and is acknowledged by government and key stakeholders to be pursuing a cost‑effective service; and
 (c) that Patagonian toothfish population numbers must not fall below the sustainable reference point set; and
 (d) that a total allowable catch is set for Patagonian toothfish for each fishing year, and that (unless provision is made for corresponding reductions in subsequent years) the amount of fish that may be taken in a fishing year is not exceeded in the year; and
 (e) that statutory fishing rights are granted to eligible persons; and
 (f) that no more than 3 boats operate in the fishery at any time unless AFMA has authorised more; and
 (g) that effective strategies are in place to ensure that stocks of any depleted fish resources are being rebuilt; and
 (h) that the catch of species other than Patagonian toothfish is reduced to, or kept at, a minimum, and below a level that will allow stocks of the other species to be maintained at ecologically‑sustainable levels; and
 (i) 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 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
 (k) that the monitoring required by