COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

 

DECLARATION OF AN APPROVED WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION

 

I, PAUL MURPHY, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch,

as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment, having satisfied myself on the matters set out in section 303FN of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), declare the operation that is specified in column 1 of Table 1 to be an approved wildlife trade operation under subsection 303FN (2) of the EPBC Act, but only to the extent the operation relates to the class of specimens specified in column 2 of Table 1.

 

Table 1

Operation

Class of Specimens

The Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery, as defined in the policy for the fishery in force under the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.

Specimens that are, or are derived from, fish or invertebrates, other than specimens of species listed under Part 13 of the EPBC Act.

 

 

This declaration:

a)      is valid until 4 May 2017, and

b)     is subject to the conditions under section 303FT of the EPBC Act specified in the Schedule.

 

 

 

Dated this 7th day of May 2014

 

 

 

………………………………Paul Murphy……………………………………

Delegate of the Minister for the Environment

 

 

Under the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, a person whose interests are affected by this decision may apply for a statement of reasons and for independent review of the decision. An application for a statement of reasons may be made in writing to Department of the Environment within 28 days of the date of the declaration. An application for independent review may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on payment of the relevant fee within 28 days of the date of the declaration, or if reasons are sought, within 28 days of receipt of reasons. Further information may be obtained from the Director, Sustainable Fisheries Section.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE

 

 

Declaration of the harvest operations of the Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery as an approved wildlife trade operation, May 2014

 

 

ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS (section 303FT)

 

Relating to the harvesting of fish specimens that are, or are derived from, fish or invertebrates, other than specimens of species listed under Part 13 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, taken in the Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery:

 

 

  1. Operation of the Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery will be carried out in accordance with the management regime for the fishery made under the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984 and the Torres Strait Fisheries Regulations 1985.

 

 

2.      The Protected Zone Joint Authority to inform the Department of the Environment of any intended amendments to the management arrangements that may affect the criteria on which Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 decisions are based.

 

 

3.      The Protected Zone Joint Authority to produce and present reports to the Department of the Environment annually as per Appendix B to the Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries - 2nd Edition.