House of Representatives Committees

TWO INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ON TUNA 3rd Report

CONTENTS

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

CONTENTS

RECOMMENDATIONS

TERMS OF REFERENCE

CONDUCT OF THE INQUIRY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

• Background
• Southern Bluefin Tuna
• Convention for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna
• Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna
  • (a) Setting of total allowable catches
  • (b) Additional quota for experimental fishing
  • (c) Membership of other countries
• Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
• Bilateral relations with Japan

CHAPTER 2: THE AGREEMENT'S

• Benefits to Australia
• Tuna species other than Southern Bluefin Tuna
• Access fee
• Negotiation process
• Bilateral arrangements
• Duration of the Agreement
  • (a) Stability and strategic planning
  • (b) Effective resource management
  • (c) Link with quota allocations determined by the Commission
  • (d) Environmental measures
  • (e) Urgency provisions for tabling in Parliament
• Monitoring and compliance
  • (a) Observer program
  • (b) Pre and post-fishing inspections
  • (c) Certificate system
• Agreement for the Establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
• Concluding comments

CHAPTER 3: FISHING INDUSTRY

• Technological benefits
• Joint Venture
• Exclusion zones
  • Commercial fishing industry
    • (i) Queensland
    • (ii) Western Australia
    • (iii) Tasmania
  • Recreational and game fishing
    • (i) East Coast fishery
    • (ii) West Coast fishery
    • (iii) Tasmania
  • Mechanisms for advice on potential exclusion zones

CHAPTER 4: AUSTRALIAN PORTS

• Port access
  • Legal implications of separate port access
• Port infrastructure
• Australian port communities
• Transhipment

CHAPTER 5: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

• Environmental impact studies
• Endangered and vulnerable species
• Environmental research funding
• Bycatches
  • Shark
  • Seabirds
    • (i) Role of observers
    • (ii) Tori poles
    • (iii) Night setting
    • (iv) Bait throwing equipment
    • (v) Thawed baits
    • (vi) Monofilament mainlines
    • (vii) Other mitigation measures
    • (viii) Threat Abatement Plan
    • (ix) Other Agreements
• Concluding comments

CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSIONS

GLOSSARY

APPENDIX 1: List of Submissions - Long-line Tuna Fishing Inquiry

APPENDIX 2: List of Submissions - Indian Ocean Tuna Commission Inquiry

APPENDIX 3: List of Witnesses

APPENDIX 4: List of Exhibits

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