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SESSF notices and announcements

This page provides links to recent Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery notices and announcements.

See also: Past SESSF notices and announcements

• Re-opening of Australian Sea Lion Management Zone A – 15 May 2013
• Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Closures Direction No. 7 2013: Continuation of measures to protect Australian Sea Lion colonies in the GHAT - 24 April 2013
• Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Closures Directions 2013 - 8 February 2013
• Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Closures Direction No. 5 2012: Continued measures to protect Dolphins in the Gillnet, Hook and Trap Fishery – 10 October 2012
• Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Closures Direction No. 4 2012: Pink Ling Spawning Area Closures – 9 August 2012
• Upper-Slope Dogfish Management Strategy – 23 July 2012
• Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Minimum Gear Requirements) Direction No.1 2012: Changes to maximum gillnet headrope length – 9 July 2012
• Reset bycatch triggers for 2012/13 season – Australian Sea Lion Management Strategy – 1 May 2012
• Letter to concession holders advising the AFMA Commission’s decision for the 2012/13 SESSF total allowable catches (PDF, 92kb) – 19 April 2012
• SESSF Total allowable catch 2012-13 Fishing Season (PDF, 91kb) – 19 April 2012
• SESSF conversion factors for 2012-13 season (PDF, 21kb) – 19 April 2012
• Direction No. 3 2012: Zone D gillnet closure to further protect Australian Sea Lions – 30 March 2012
• Continuation of measures to protect dolphins in the gillnet sector SESSF - 26 March 2012
• Australian Sea Lion Management Strategy – Interaction reporting and current trigger levels – 23 March 2012
• Direction No. 2 2012: Zone B gillnet closure to further protect Australian Sea Lions – February 2012
• Direction No. 1 2012: Gillnet closure to further protect Australian Sea Lions – 3 February 2012
• ASL Management Strategy – revised bycatch triggers and zones - 17 January 2012
• Invitation to apply for industry Shark Resource Assessment Group membership - 15 December 2011
• Australian Sea Lion Management Strategy – Interaction reporting – 17 November 2011
• Continuation of measures to protect Australian Sea Lions in the GHAT – 19 October 2011
• Changes in the Gillnet, Hook and Trap Sector of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery to Protect Dolphins – 22 September 2011
• Australian Fisheries Management Authority and trawl-fishers act to protect seabirds – 19 July 2011
• Updated information on e-monitoring – 27 June 2011
• Meeting the new e-monitoring requirements in the Australian Sea Lion zone – 24 June 2011
• Industry Meeting – Changes in the Gillnet Sector – 13 May 2011
• Changes in the Gillnet, Hook and Trap Sector of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery – 27 April 2011
• SESSF Closures Direction No. 1 2011 (PDF, 39kb) – 19 April 2011
• Letter to concession holders – Direction to limit School Shark catches and targeting in the SESSF (PDF, 98kb) – 19 April 2011
• Determination of the total allowable catches for the SESSF 2011 fishing season – 5 April 2011
• SESSF Closures Direction No . 5 2010 (PDF, 100kb) – 18 February 201
• SESSF (Gear Requirements) Direction 2010 No 06 (PDF, 147kb) – 18 February 2011
• Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Species Summaries 2010 – 18 January 2011
• Upper Slope Dogfish Closures in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery – 16 December 2010
• Review of scientific and economic information arrangements – 1 December 2010
• School Shark and Upper-slope Dogfish Workshops – 3 August 2010
• Australian Sea Lion Management Strategy and SESSF Closure Direction No. 3 – 30 June 2010
• SESSF Minimum Gear Requirements Direction 2010 – 25 June 2010
• SESSF Closures Direction No. 2 2010 – 18 June 2010
• Pink Ling Management Workshop – 8 June 2010
• Seiner’s and Everard Horseshoe Closures – 28 May 2010
• Seiner’s and Everard Horseshoe Closures – 25 May 2010
• Upper-Slope Dogfish Management Strategy – 21 April 2010
• Guide to the 2010 SESSF Management Arrangements (PDF, 2MB) – 15 April 2010
• TAC and over/undercatch determinations for the 2010 fishing year – 31 March 2010
• New regulations in relation to navigating in closures now in force – 15 March 2010
• SharkRAG Species Stock Assessment Report 2009 (PDF, 108kb) – 18 January 2010
• DeepwaterRAG Species Stock Assessment Report 2009 (PDF, 176kb) – 13 January 2010
• SlopeRAG Species Stock Assessment Report 2009 (PDF, 616kb) – 13 January 2010

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