Draft Management Plan for the South Australian Commercial Southern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery
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<insert Security Classification and any Access Use Conditions here> Draft Management Plan for the South Australian Commercial Southern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery Information current as of 24 October 2019 © Government of South Australia 2019 Disclaimer PIRSA and its employees do not warrant or make any representation regarding the use, or results of the use, of the information contained herein as regards to its correctness, accuracy, reliability and currency or otherwise. PIRSA and its employees expressly disclaim all liability or responsibility to any person using the information or advice. All enquiries Primary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA) Level 14, 25 Grenfell Street GPO Box 1625, Adelaide SA 5001 ADELAIDE SA 5001 www.pir.sa.gov.au/fisheries Tel: (08) 8226 0900 PAGE 2 Table of Contents 1 Fishery to which this plan applies ........................................................................ 5 2 Consistency with other management plans ........................................................... 5 3 Term of the plan ................................................................................................ 5 4 Description of the fishery .................................................................................... 6 4.1 Commercial Fishery ..................................................................................... 6 4.2 Recreational Fishing .................................................................................... 9 4.3 Aboriginal traditional fishing sector .................................................................. 9 4.4 Ecosystem and habitat ................................................................................. 9 4.5 Biology ................................................................................................... 10 4.6 Stock Status and Export Approval ................................................................. 11 4.7 Stock assessment and research ................................................................... 12 4.7.1 Research services ............................................................................. 12 4.7.2 Data collection .................................................................................. 12 4.7.3 Fishery-Dependent Data ...................................................................... 12 4.7.4 Fishery-Independent data .................................................................... 14 4.7.5 Reporting ......................................................................................... 15 4.7.6 Strategic research plan ....................................................................... 15 4.8 Economic characteristics ............................................................................ 17 5 Co-management arrangements .......................................................................... 17 6 Allocation ....................................................................................................... 18 6.1 Current allocated shares of the resource ........................................................ 18 6.1.1 Recreational fishing sector ................................................................... 19 6.1.2 Aboriginal traditional fishing sector ......................................................... 19 6.1.3 Commercial fishing sector .................................................................... 19 6.2 Review of allocations ................................................................................. 21 6.2.1 Review process ................................................................................. 21 6.2.2 Full assessment ................................................................................ 21 6.2.3 Assessment outcomes ........................................................................ 22 6.3 Allocation triggers ..................................................................................... 23 6.3.1 Marine scalefish ................................................................................ 23 7 Ecosystem impacts .......................................................................................... 23 8 Goals and objectives ........................................................................................ 25 9 Harvest strategy .............................................................................................. 31 9.1 Background ............................................................................................. 31 9.2 Performance indicators ............................................................................... 32 9.2.1 Primary indicator ................................................................................ 32 9.2.2 Secondary indicator ............................................................................ 32 9.2.3 Industry input .................................................................................... 33 9.3 Decision rules for setting TACC .................................................................... 33 9.3.1 TACC setting decision rules ................................................................. 33 9.3.2 Meta Rules ....................................................................................... 34 9.4 TACC decision making process .................................................................... 34 9.5 Additional indicators................................................................................... 36 9.6 Monitoring ............................................................................................... 36 9.7 Stock Status Classification .......................................................................... 37 9.8 Review of the harvest strategy ..................................................................... 37 10 Regulatory arrangements ................................................................................. 38 PAGE 3 10.1 Licensing and licence entitlements .............................................................. 38 10.1.1 Access to the Marine Scalefish Fishery ................................................. 38 10.1.2 Registered masters .......................................................................... 39 10.1.3 Registered boats ............................................................................. 39 10.2 Registered devices .................................................................................. 39 10.3 Quota entitlements .................................................................................. 40 10.4 “Take home” Rock Lobster mortalities .......................................................... 40 10.5 Current management arrangements ............................................................ 40 10.6 Fish processors ...................................................................................... 41 11 Compliance and monitoring .............................................................................. 42 11.1 Planning ............................................................................................... 42 11.1.1 Risk assessment ............................................................................. 43 11.1.2 Responses and benchmarks .............................................................. 43 11.1.3 Compliance plans ............................................................................ 43 11.2 Compliance status report .......................................................................... 43 12 Resources required to implement the plan .......................................................... 44 12.1.1 Cost-recovery - Southern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery ............................... 45 13 Review of plan ................................................................................................ 45 14 References ..................................................................................................... 46 15 Appendices .................................................................................................... 49 PAGE 4 1 Fishery to which this plan applies This draft plan applies to the commercial Southern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery which is formally constituted by the Fisheries Management (Rock Lobster Fisheries) Regulations 2017. The regulations constitute the fishery as: the taking of rock lobster in the waters of the Southern Zone; and the taking of aquatic resources specified in Schedule 1 in the waters of the Southern Zone; and the taking of Razorfish (Pinna bicolor) in the waters of the Southern Zone for the purpose of bait. The aquatic resources specified in Schedule 1 of the regulations are shown in Appendix 1. The waters of the Southern Zone are described as the waters adjacent to South Australia easterly of a line commencing at Mean High Water Springs closest to 35°37′03.86″ South, 139°00′00.00″ East, then southerly to 36°20′00.00″ South, 139°00′00.00″ East, then westerly to 36°20′00.00″ South, 138°40′00.00″ East, then southerly to 36°40′00.00″ South 138°40′00.00″ East, then westerly to 36°40′00.00″ South 138°20′00.00″ East, then southerly to 37°00′00.00″ South 138°20′00.00″ East, then westerly to 37°00′00.00″ South 138°00′00.00″ East. 2 Consistency with other management plans This draft management plan has been developed so that is consistent with other fishery management plans. In particular, the provisions relating to allocation of access to the Rock Lobster resource between each fishing sector in the Southern Zone are consistent with other relevant plans and the allocation of species listed