The Tropical Tuna Management Advisory Committee met in Canberra on Thursday 10 October to discuss management of the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery and Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery. The Committee discussed the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery harvest strategy and total allowable commercial catch (TACC) limits for quota species for the 2014/15 fishing seasons.
The AFMA Commission set the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery TACCs as 2,000t for Bigeye tuna, 3,000t for Broadbill swordfish, 125t for Striped marlin and 5,000t for Yellowfin tuna.
Following the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission meeting in December 2013, the AFMA Commission will then consider the Committee’s advice when determining the TACCs for Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery species.
For more information, please contact Steve Auld, Manager Tropical Tuna Fisheries on 02 6225 5306 or email steve.auld@afma.gov.au.