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recovery policy, preparing annual budgets and recommending levies to recover the costs of management that are attributable to the fishing industry.

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 as follows:
 (a) 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 determining the total allowable effort for a fishing year;
 (b) that the management of the fishery is acknowledged by government and key stakeholders to be pursuing a cost‑effective service;
 (c) that data is collected and analysed in a timely manner to enable:
 (i) evaluation of the effectiveness of the management measures implemented to maintain the resources of the fishery at, or rebuild the resources to, an acceptable level; and
 (ii) modification of those measures;
 (d) that a by‑catch action plan is implemented and reviewed;
 (e) that data is collected, and appropriately verified, to enable the impact of taking squid in the fishery to be assessed;
 (f) that the key risks to the ecologically sustainable development of the fishery are identified and appropriate action taken to manage the risks;
 (g) that transferable statutory fishing rights are granted to eligible persons;
 (h) that data about the current and potential net economic returns of the fishery has been collected and analysed to enable:
 (i) assessment of whether the data is consistent with improvements in the economic efficiency of the fishery; and
 (ii) institutional arrangements to be modified, if necessary, to allow improvements in the economic efficiency of the fishery;
 (i) that the budgetary objectives of the fishery are achieved.

 (2) AFMA and SEMAC must, from time to time, assess the effectiveness of this Management Plan, including the measures taken to achieve the objectives of the Plan, by reference to the performance criteria mentioned in subsection (1).

 (3) AFMA must include in its annual report for each financial year a statement of the extent to which the performance criteria mentioned in subsection (1) were met in the year.

8 Persons to whom this Management Plan applies

  This Management Plan applies to a person who is engaged in, or intends to engage in, any of the following in the area of the fishery:
 (a) commercial fishing for squid using a squid jigging machine;
 (b) scientific research using a squid jigging machine.

Part 2 Specific ecosystem requirements

9 By‑catch (Act s 17 (6D))

 (1) AFMA must prepare and implement a by‑catch action plan