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South East MAC

Members wanted for the South East Management Advisory Committee (SEMAC)

In 2009, the South East Trawl MAC (SETMAC) and the Gillnet Hook and Trap MAC (GHATMAC) were combined to form the South East Management Advisory Committee (SEMAC).

SEMAC provides management advice to AFMA on the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF).

In July 2010 SEMAC’s role was expanded to include providing management advice for the Small Pelagic Fishery (formerly the responsibility of the SPFMAC) and the Southern Squid Jig Fishery (formerly the responsibility of the SquidMAC).

For past meetings records of the SPFMAC, see Small Pelagic Fishery MAC past meetings. For past meeting records of the SquidMAC, see Southern Squid Jig Fishery MAC past meetings.

For more information on SEMAC please contact Anthony de Fries (Executive Officer) via email adefries@bigpond.net.au

See also: Past SEMAC meetings; SEMAC Membership Details

2013 SEMAC meetings

SEMAC Teleconference, 5 April 2013, Small Pelagic Fishery total allowable catches for the 2013/14 season Minutes (PDF file 696KB) Agenda (PDF file 435KB) Agenda items – 1 to 3 (PDF file 2.07MB) SEMAC Teleconference, 18 March 2013, Pink Lind and School Shark TACs for the 2012/2014 season, Closure Directions – Australian Sea Lions and Deepwater Shark (west) Minutes (PDF file 1.51MB) Agenda Items – 1 to 6 (PDF file 4.19MB)

2012 SEMAC meetings

SEMAC Meeting 10, 6 December 2012, Novotel Canberra Chair’s Summary (PDF file 692KB) Minutes (PDF file 773KB) Draft Agenda (PDF, 295kb) Agenda Item 1.1 to 1.6 – Administration (PDF file 4MB) Agenda Item 2.1 – Industry Report and Catchwatch (PDF, 367kb) Agenda Item 2.2 – Industry Liaison report (PDF file 347 MB) Agenda Item 2.3 – SESSF Data Summary Draft Sep 2012 (PDF, 149kb) Agenda Items 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 (PDF, 2.9MB) Agenda Items 4.4, 4.5 and 4.6 (PDF, 1.9MB) Agenda Item 4.7 – Southern Squid Jig Fishery (PDF file 838KB) Agenda Items 7.1 to 7.4 – Research papers (PDF file 2MB) Agenda Item 8.1 – Protected Species Update December 2012 (PDF, 585kb) Agenda Item 8.2 – Sea Dumping Proposal – Kurnell (PDF file 2MB) Agenda Item 10 – Next meeting SEMAC Teleconference, 7 September 2012, SESSF Levy Allocation Model and Small Pelagic Fishery – Part 13 Accreditation under the EPBC Act Minutes (PDF, 1.9 MB) Agenda Item 1.1 – Welcome and Apologies (PDF 476kb) Agenda Item 1.1 – Welcome and Apologies (Word, 12kb) Agenda Item 2 – SESSF Levy Model and Attachments A, B and C (Word, 632kb) Agenda Item 3 – SPF Part 13 Accreditation and Minister Burkes Letter (PDF, 2.6MB) Agenda Item 3 – SPF Part 13 Accreditation and Minister Burkes Letter (Word, 116kb) SEMAC Meeting 9, 24 – 25 May 2012, Aquarium Room, AFMA Canberra Chair’s summary (Word, 213kb) Minutes (PDF, 1.49MB) Agenda (Word, 169kb) Papers SEMAC Teleconference, 26 March 2012, Small Pelagic Fishery Total Allowable Catch (TAC) Recommendations for 2012/13 Chair’s summary (PDF, 21kb) Chair’s summary (Word, 280kb) Minutes (PDF, 590kb) Minutes (Word, 296kb) Papers SEMAC Meeting 8, 30-31 January 2012, Total Allowable Catch (TAC) Recommendations- AFMA Canberra Chair’s summary (PDF, 202kb) Chair’s summary (Word, 204kb) Attachment 1 (Word, 76.6kb) Attachment 2 (Word, 22.7kb) Attachment 3 (Word, 23.4kb) Minutes (Word, 339kb) Papers

2011 SEMAC meetings

SEMAC Meeting 7, 19 September 2011, Aquarium Room, AFMA Canberra Chair’s summary (PDF, 221kb) Agenda (Word, 166kb) Papers Minutes (PDF 1121kb) Minutes (Word 202kb) SEMAC Teleconference, 9 August 2011, Continuation of measures enacted under the Temporary Order SESSF Gillnet Sector Chair’s summary (PDF, 274kb) Agenda Item 1 Declaration of Interests (PDF, 118kb) Agenda Item 2 Management paper normalising ASL measures (PDF, 6MB) SEMAC Meeting 6, 6 – 7 June 2011, St Kilda Chair’s summary (PDF, 281kb) Draft agenda (PDF, 106kb) Revised draft agenda (107kb) Papers Minutes (PDF, 534kb) Attachments to minutes (PDF, 2MB) SEMAC Teleconference, 13 April 2011, Small Pelagic Fishery Total Allowable Catch (TAC) recommendations Chair’s Summary (PDF, 229kb) Draft agenda (PDF, 413kb) Preliminaries (PDF, 140kb) Agenda Item 2.1 and attachments (PDF, 393kb) Agenda Item 2.2 (PDF, 140kb) Agenda Item 3.1 (PDF, 66kb) Agenda Item 3.2.1 (PDF, 315kb) Agenda Item 3.2.2 (PDF, 140kb) SEMAC Meeting 5, 27-28 January 2011, Total Allowable Catch (TAC) Setting Chair’s summary (PDF, 544kb) Agenda (PDF, 128kb) Papers Position paper – TAC recommendations for SESSF quota species for 2011-12 fishing year (PDF, 332kb) Minutes (PDF, 703kb)

2010 SEMAC meetings

SEMAC Teleconference, 29 October 2010, Snapper Chair’s summary (PDF, 133kb) Papers (PDF, 609kb) SEMAC Meeting 4, 15-16 September 2010 Chair’s summary (PDF, 229kb) Draft agenda (PDF, 114kb) Papers Minutes and attachments (PDF, 3MB) SEMAC Meeting 3, 29-30 April 2010 Chair’s summary (PDF, 189kb) Draft agenda (PDF, 95kb) Papers Minutes (PDF, 407kb) SEMAC Meeting 2, 28-29 January 2010 Chair’s summary (PDF, 684kb) Draft agenda (PDF, 123kb) Papers Minutes (PDF, 800kb)

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