Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025N00021:schedule:1:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025N00021
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 6845–10081

a copy provided to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water once complete.

Condition 6

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority must review, update as necessary and publish harvest strategies for the following sectors:

      1.           Sea cucumber sector – by 25 May 2025. This review must consider and demonstrate whether the current biomass limit reference point is appropriate for the target species and provide evidence that the limits are biologically appropriate, precautionary, and enforceable.

      2.           Aquarium harvest sector – by 30 January 2026.

Condition 7

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority must:

      1.           as part of the updated aquarium sector harvest strategy required by condition 6b, include:

         * the current Level 1 catch trigger for Acroporidae of no more than 15 tonnes of Acropora spp. with the remaining 5 tonnes to be distributed between remaining genera in Acroporidae.

         *          the annual 10 tonne catch trigger for Acroporidae which requires a review of available information (including catch and effort data) and if either localised or broader sustainability concerns are identified, spatially appropriate management responses are implemented. Within three months of a review occurring, the outcome must be provided to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water including what information was considered and any management responses required.

      1.           by 1 July 2025, introduce effective management arrangements that distribute effort of coral harvest across different reefs in the Coral Sea to avoid localised depletion.

Condition 8

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority must maintain the existing:

     1.       12 tonne catch trigger for prickly redfish (Thelenota ananas)

     2.      1 tonne catch trigger for amberfish (Thelenota anax)

     3.       4 tonne catch trigger for surf redfish (Actinopyga mauritiana) with no more than 2 tonnes to be taken from any one reef per year

     4.      1 tonne total allowable commercial catch limit (TACC) for black teatfish (Holothuria whitmaei).

     5.       4 tonne total allowable commercial catch limit (TACC) for white teatfish (Holothuria fuscogilva).

These limits must be maintained at these levels and not exceeded in a fishing season until scientific evidence can be provided to substantiate a deviation.

Condition 9

By 1 July 2026, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority must implement the following enforceable minimum size limits:

     1.       prickly redfish (Thelenota ananas) – 50cm

     2.      amberfish (Thelenota anax) – 50 cm

     3.       black teatfish (Holothuria whitmaei) – 33cm

     4.      white teatfish (Holothuria fuscogilva) – 40cm

These limits must be maintained until scientific evidence can be provided to substantiate a deviation.

Condition 10

By 1 July 2025, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority must establish accurate ratios for converting between all processed and unprocessed forms of prickly redfish (Thelenota ananas), amberfish (Thelenota anax), black teatfish (Holothuria whitmaei) and white teatfish (Holothuria fuscogilva) used in the Coral Sea