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reviewed and, if appropriate, improved;
 (f) that SFRs for each quota species are granted to eligible persons;
 (g) that, subject to the provisions relating to overcatch, the TACCs for a species are not exceeded;
 (h) that the advisory committee was consulted on the management of the fishery;
 (i) that the costs of the management of the fishery that are attributable to the fishing industry are recovered;
 (j) that impediments to maximising the net economic returns to the Australian community in managing the resources of the fishery have been identified and strategies to minimise and eliminate those impediments have been developed;
 (k) that any changes to the management of the fishery are assessed for their likely effect on maximising the resources of the fishery.
 (2) AFMA must assess the effectiveness of this Management Plan, including the measures taken to achieve the objectives of the Plan, at least once during:
 (a) the period of 5 years commencing on the day this Plan commenced; and
 (b) each subsequent period of 5 years;
by reference to the performance criteria mentioned in subsection (1) and by taking into account the advice of the advisory committee.
1.8 Persons to whom this Management Plan does not apply
  This Management Plan does not apply to a person who:
 (a) is engaged in recreational fishing (whether from a charter boat or otherwise); or
 (b) is fishing in the AFZ in accordance with an agreement between the Commonwealth and the government of a foreign country; or
 (c) is fishing in waters outside the AFZ using a foreign boat.
Part 2 Specific ecosystem requirements
2.1 Ecological risk management plan
 (1) As soon as practicable after the commencement day, AFMA will establish an ecological risk management plan for the fishery.
 (2) The plan must require action to ensure that:
 (a) information is gathered about the impact of the fishery on by‑catch species; and
 (b) all reasonable steps are taken to minimise interaction with sea birds, marine reptiles, marine mammals and fish of a kind mentioned in sections 15 and 15A of the Act; and
 (c) the ecological impacts of fishing operations on habitats in the area of the fishery are minimised and kept at an acceptable level; and
 (d) by‑catch is reduced to, or kept at, a minimum and below a level that might threaten by‑catch species.
 (3) AFMA will review the plan from time to time to ensure it remains appropriate for maintaining ecologically viable stocks of the quota species and an ecologically sustainable fishery.
2.2 Commonwealth harvest strategy
 (1) For subsection 17(5C) of the Act, the stock‑specific reference points for straddling fish stocks, highly migratory fish stocks and ecologically related fish stocks are as set out in the Eastern Tuna