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• Fisheries A to Z index
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    • NWSTF at a glance
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    • NPF at a glance
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    • NPF publications
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    • Skipjack Tuna fisheries publications
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• Harvest strategies
  • Antarctic fisheries Harvest Strategy
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  • Resource Assessment Groups (RAGs)
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    • SquidRAG
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SESSF publications

This page provides links to current Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery plans, directions, reports and more.

Management publications

Guide to the 2013 SESSF Management Arrangements (PDF, 9MB) (Warning: large file size) Guide to the 2013 SESSF Management Arrangements (DOC, 14MB) (Warning: large file size) Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery 2013-14 TAC recommendations Revised management cost recovery framework for the Commonwealth Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (PDF, 1.03MB) Guide to the 2012 SESSF Management Arrangements (PDF, 9.8MB) (Warning: large file size) 2011 Stock Assessment Summaries for the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (PDF, 4.69MB) 2011 Stock Assessment Report for Elephantfish (PDF, 57kb) 2011 Stock Assessment Report for Gummy Shark (PDF, 62kb) 2011 Stock Assessment Report for Sawshark (PDF, 57kb) 2011 Stock Assessment Report for School Shark (PDF, 39kb) AFMA Management total allowable catch recommendations 2012-13 (PDF, 378kb) Please note new version as at 6 January 2012. Due to an earlier administrative error the tables attached to elephantfish and redfish have been amended. SESSF Five Year Research Plan – 2011-2015 (PDF, 765kb) Bycatch and Discard Worplans Closures Direction No. 1 2011 (PDF, 39kb) Guide to the 2011 SESSF Management Arrangements (PDF, 14MB) (Warning: large file size) Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003 Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003 Amendments Closures Direction No. 3 2010 Closures Direction No. 4 2010 Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Minimum Gear Requirements) Direction 2010 Temporary Orders Guide to the 2010 SESSF Management Arrangements (PDF, 2MB) Guide to the 2009 SESSF Management Arrangements (PDF, 2.7MB) Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery Boat Operating Procedures Manual (PDF, 18MB) (Warning: large file size) List of Latest Cards – GABTF Boat Operating Procedures Manual (PDF, 19kb) Harvest Strategy Framework for the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery, September 2009 (PDF, 1.3MB) Total allowable catch recommendations for 2009-10 (PDF, 79kb) Total allowable catch recommendations for 2010-11 (PDF, 229kb) Code of Practice for Automatic Longline operators encountering gulper sharks (PDF, 597kb) Australian Sea Lion Management Strategy (PDF, 833kb) Please note. Revisions have been made to bycatch triggers and management zones in AFMAs ASL Management Strategy. Refer to updates from 17 Jan 2012 on our notices and announcements page. Blue Warehou Stock Rebuilding Strategy (PDF, 479kb) School Shark Stock Rebuilding Strategy (PDF, 56kb) Eastern Gemfish Stock Rebuilding Strategy (PDF, 86kb) Orange Roughy Conservation Programme (PDF, 171kb)

Legislation publications

Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003 Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Total Allowable Catch (Quota Species) Determination 2013 Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Total Allowable Catch (Non-Quota Species) Determination 2013 Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Overcatch and Undercatch Determination 2013

Environment publications

Strategic Assessment Report Ecological Risk Management Reports Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery Bycatch and Discarding Workplan, November 2008 (PDF, 178kb) Auto Longline Fishery Bycatch and Discarding Workplan, 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2011 (PDF, 105kb) Shark Gillnet Fishery Bycatch and Discarding Workplan, 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2011 (PDF, 120kb) South East Trawl Fishery Bycatch and Discarding Workplan, 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2011 (PDF, 116kb) South East Trawl Fishery: Seal Bycatch – Guidelines for reporting and data collection

Data and research

SESSF Catchwatch Reports Revised sampling regime for the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery – Final Report (PDF, 5.4MB)

Forms and registers

Public registers and third party interests Licensing and quota management forms Logbooks and Catch Disposal Records Other fisheries forms

Tools

SESS Conversions-Calculator-2013-14 Conversions Calculator 2012-13 (Excel, 36kb) Conversions calculator 2011-12 (Excel, 28kb)

Help with downloading and viewing files

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