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the costs of AFMA in relation to the fishery;
 (f) to ensure, through proper conservation and management, that the living resources of the fishery are not endangered by over‑exploitation;
 (g) to ensure the best use of the living resources of the fishery;
 (h) to ensure that conservation and management measures in the fishery implement Australia's obligations under international agreements that deal with fish stocks, and other relevant international agreements;
 (i) to ensure, as far as practicable, that measures adopted in pursuit of these objectives are not inconsistent with the preservation, conservation and protection of all whale species.
6 Measures by which the objectives are to be attained (Act s 17 (5))
  The measures by which the objectives of this Management Plan are to be attained include the following:
 (a) monitoring, through a structured program, the impact of fishing on
fish species, any other species that are caught as by‑catch, ecologically‑related species and the marine environment, analysing the impacts and implementing any strategies necessary to ensure:
 (i) the sustainability of those species and the marine environment; and
 (ii) that by‑catch limitations are not exceeded;
 (b) periodically checking the accuracy and consistency of information kept in relation to the fishery;
 (c) implementing a scheme of entitlements for people to fish in the fishery consisting of boat statutory fishing rights, quota statutory fishing rights and fishing permits;
 (d) determining reference points for maintaining ecologically sustainable stocks of each species taken in the fishery;
 (e) determining harvest strategies for quota species that will maintain their numbers above reference points, and setting TACs consistent with these harvest strategies, taking account of information from relevant management advisory committees and resource assessment groups;
 (f) setting TACs, and determining harvest strategies and reference points, for non‑quota species;
 (g) developing, implementing and reviewing stock recovery strategies for species identified as being at or below reference points;
 (h) ensuring that the resource assessment group compiles regular fishery assessment reports containing the information mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (e), (f) and (g);
 (i) developing, in cooperation with stakeholders, a plan to strategically address any high risks identified during ecological risk assessments;
 (j) developing, implementing and reviewing a strategic compliance program designed to ensure compliance with the management arrangements for the fishery;
 (k) issuing directions prohibiting fishing in the fishery, or part of the fishery, during specified periods, informing the holders of fishing concessions about those directions, and requiring the holders to comply with the directions;
 (l) developing and implementing a communication strategy in the fishery (including preparation and dissemination of regular reports regarding the status and management of the fishery) that targets fishers, other stakeholders and the Australian community;
 (m) consulting with relevant management advisory committees on the management of