Draft Minutes South East mac 5

South East Management Advisory Committee

South East MAC 12

Agenda

9:00 am

6 June 2013 Keelty Room Novotel – Canberra

ITEM

1 Preliminaries (40 minutes)

1.1 Welcome and introductions Chairman

1.2 Pecuniary interest declarations

1.3 Acceptance of agenda

1.4 Acceptance of minutes from South East MAC 11

1.5 Correspondence

1.6 Action arising

2. State of Fishery (30 minutes)

2.1 Industry reports

2.2 Recreational sector report

2.3 Protected species interactions

3. Managers Report (30 minutes)

3.1 Decisions by the AFMA Commission and Executive

4. Management Arrangements (4 hours)

4.1 Gillnet, Hook and Trap Fishery (GHaT) Future Directions

4.2 Threat Abatement Plan (TAP) management response for hook sectors of the GHAT

4.3 Implementation of Pink Ling closures in eastern Bass Strait

4.4 Managing the mortality of eastern stock of Pink Ling

4.5 Striped Trumpeter arrangements for Commonwealth operators

4.6 Catches of Australian sardine under NSW and Victorian state fishing concessions

5 Research (35 minutes)

5.1 Report from SESSF RAG’s Chair’s Meeting

5.2 Royal Red Prawn fishery Gulper exclusion device trials in the Sydney Endeavour Dogfish closure.

6 Other business

6.1 Enquiry about local depletion in the Small Pelagic Fishery

7 Date and venue of upcoming meetings (10 minutes)

Information Items

The following items are presented for the information of South East MAC members, no discussion is usually undertaken on these items.

Attachment 2. Agenda Item 4.5 Striped Trumpeter catch in the GHaT (2008 to 2013)

Striped Trumpeter Catch

Table 1: Striped Trumpeter catch (kg) 2008 – 2013 by GHaT sector (AFMA logbooks)

Sector	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Dropline	61	1309	72	2357	593	0
Rod and reel	0	0	150	25	0	20
Mechanised handline	750	0	0	944	0	0
Gillnet	946	1555	1556	2996	2986	1043
Auto-longline	0	0	0	52	0	0
Demersal longline	888	373	1568	1020	506	276
Totals	2645	3237	3346	7394	4085	1339

Figure 1: Striped Trumpeter Catch (kg) 2008 – 2013 by GHAT sector (AFMA logbooks)

1^ Stevens, R.A., Cartwright, I., and Neville, P. March 2012 - Independent Review of NSW Commercial Fisheries Policy, Management and Administration.

2^ Obtained from AFMA’s public reports to SEWPaC

3^ Documented in a letter from PIRSA - June 2011

4^ Mr Scott, Ms Seaborn and Mr Toumazos left the meeting at 4:03 pm, Mr Boag left at 4:10 pm.

5^ Mr Moore left at 4:26 pm.