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purposes, as opposed to fishery management purposes.

Mitigation                     Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery  Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery  Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery

Autolongline                   Set demersal longline**

Bird scaring line (tori line)  √ (2 tori lines)                    √                                                                                    √ (or night setting)

Line weighting                 √                                   √                                                                                    √ (or hook-shields)

Night setting                  √                                   √ (if criterion exceeded)                                                            √ (or tori line)

Offal management               √                                   √                                                 √                                  √ (setting only)

Bird exclusion devices         √                                   √

Hook-shields                                                                                                                                            √ (or line weighting)

Deck lighting                  √

Observers                      √                                   √ (upon request)                                  √ (upon request)                   √ (upon request)

Electronic monitoring                                              √                                                 √                                  √

Season closures*               √

Area closures*                 √

Performance criteria           √                                   √                                                 √                                  √

Absolute number limits         √

  * Where closure of an area or season is for seabird conservation purposes, as opposed to fishery management purposes.
  ** Scalefish hook, and shark hook sectors.

  3. AFMA will implement an appropriate management response in a longline fishery (described in Table 2 below) if the circumstances described in the table below occur, or data analysis indicates that the performance criteria, defined in this threat abatement plan, have not been met in any fishing area, season or fishery, or that independent monitoring has dropped below acceptable levels. Consistent with an adaptive management approach, the management response will be implemented as soon as practical, but no later than within three months of identification of a problem.
       Table 2. Management responses in longline fisheries to bycatch incidents, when performance criteria are exceeded, and when independent monitoring does not meet coverage levels
Problem                                                                                                                            Management response

    1. Bycatch incidents where more than one seabird is observed caught on a single trip by an individual longline fishing vessel  AFMA will investigate and determine if the cause was as a result of inadequate or non-compliant implementation of mitigation measures and/or a lack of effectiveness of mitigation measures.

                                                                                                                                   In the event of non-compliance, AFMA will take appropriate corrective action, including monitoring of future compliance.

                                                                                                                                   Any information of possible ineffectiveness of mitigation measures will be reviewed in consultation with the Department of the Environment and Energy and agreement reached on what corrective and monitoring actions, if any, are required.

  2.       Criterion for a longline fishery exceeded in a fishing area or fishery during one season                                AFMA will:

                                                                                                                                     a. review the mitigation measures currently deployed in the fishing area or fishery and the relevant circumstances — environmental conditions and fishing practices including compliance — this review will include examination of all relevant seabird interaction data, independent monitoring reports and other information;

                                                                                                                                     b. assess, in consultation with the Department of the Environment and Energy, whether it is feasible and desirable to further improve existing mitigation measures; and

                                                                                                                                     c. if identified, implement improved mitigation measures designed to enable the