COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
DECLARATION OF AN APPROVED WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION
I, PAUL MURPHY, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade & 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 |
| Western Australian Marine Aquarium Fish Managed Fishery, as defined in the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Act 1994 and the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Regulations 1995, and in accordance with permits issued under the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Act 1994 | Specimens that are, or are derived from, fish or invertebrates, other than: a) specimens that belong to species listed under Part 13 of the EPBC Act, and b) specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Part 13A), except for specimens that belong to taxa listed in Schedule 2. |
This declaration:
a) is valid until 20 October 2016; and
b) is subject to the conditions under section 303FT of the EPBC Act specified in the Schedule 1.
Dated this 20th day of December 2013
………………....P. 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 reason 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 1
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 (EPBC Act), taken in the Western Australian Marine Aquarium Fish Managed Fishery subject to the following conditions:
- Operation of the fishery will be carried out in accordance with the management regime under the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Act 1994 and the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Regulations 1995.
- The Western Australian Department of Fisheries to advise the Department of the Environment of any intended material change to the fishery’s legislated management regime and management arrangements that could affect the criteria on which Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 decisions are based.
3. The Western Australian Department of Fisheries to produce and present reports to the Department of the Environment annually as per Appendix B of the Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries - 2nd Edition.
4. The Western Australian Department of Fisheries to:
a) limit harvest of CITES listed species according to current non-detriment findings for each species or species group, and
b) consult with the Department of the Environment prior to a change to the management arrangements for a CITES or EPBC Act listed species being implemented
5. The Western Australian Department of Fisheries to:
a) undertake an ecological risk assessment (ERA) in 2014, with actions underway to address any recommendations resulting from the assessment by January 2015
b) finalise and adopt the harvest strategy for the fishery by mid 2015, and
c) consider further research on CITES species in the context of the outcomes of the ERA, including on species' distribution and abundance in areas of high fishing effort.
SCHEDULE 2
| Coral |
| Acanthastrea bowerbanki | Acanthastrea echinata | Acanthastrea hemprichii | Acanthastrea hillae | Acanthastrea lordhowensis |
| Acropora abrolhosensis | Acropora abrotanoides | Acropora aculeus | Acropora acuminata | Acropora anthocercis |
| Acropora aspera | Acropora austera | Acropora brueggemanni | Acropora bushyensis | Acropora cardenae |
| Acropora caroliniana | Acropora cerealis | Acropora clathrata | Acropora cytherea | Acropora danai |
| Acropora dendrum | Acropora digitifera | Acropora divaricata | Acropora donei | Acropora elseyi |
| Acropora exquisita | Acropora florida | Acropora formosa | Acropora gemmifera | Acropora glauca |
| Acropora grandis | Acropora granulosa | Acropora horrida | Acropora humilis | Acropora hyacinthus |
| Acropora indiana | Acropora insignis | Acropora intermedia | Acropora latistella | Acropora listeri |
| Acropora loisetteae | Acropora longicyathus | Acropora lovelli | Acropora lutkeni | Acropora microclados |
| Acropora microphthalma | Acropora millepora | Acropora monticulosa | Acropora nana | Acropora nasuta |
| Acropora nobilis | Acropora ocellata | Acropora palifera | Acropora palmerae | Acropora papillare |
| Acropora polystoma | Acropora pulchra | Acropora robusta | Acropora russelli | Acropora samoensis |
| Acropora sarmentosa | Acropora selago | Acropora seriata | Acropora solitaryensis | Acropora spathulata |
| Acropora spicifera | Acropora stoddarti | Acropora striata | Acropora subglabra | Acropora subulata |
| Acropora tenuis | Acropora tortuosa | Acropora turaki | Acropora valenciennesi | Acropora valida |
| Acropora vaughani | Acropora verweyi | Acropora willisae | Acropora yongei | Alveopora allingi |
| Alveopora catalai | Alveopora fenestrata | Alveopora gigas | Alveopora spongiosa | Alveopora tizardi |
| Alveopora verrilliana | Australomussa rowleyensis | Balanophyllia bairdiana | Balanophyllia buccina | Balanophyllia carinata |
| Balanophyllia cornu | Balanophyllia elliptica | Balanophyllia generatrix | Balanophyllia gigas | Balanophyllia imperialis |
| Blastomussa merleti | Blastomussa wellsi | Catalaphyllia jardinei | Caulastraea curvata | |
| Caulastraea tumida | Coscinaraea columna | Coscinaraea exesa | Coscinaraea marshae | Coscinaraea mcneilli |
| Cycloseris cyclolites | Cynarina lacrymalis | Cyphastrea chalcidicum | Cyphastrea microphthalma | Cyphastrea serailia |
| Dendrophyllia alcocki | Dendrophyllia arbuscula | Dendrophyllia boschmai | Desmophyllum dianthus | Diploastrea heliopora |
| Duncanopsammia axifuga | Echinophyllia aspera | Echinophyllia echinata | Echinophyllia orpheensis | Echinopora ashmorensis |
| Echinopora gemmacea | Echinopora hirsutissima | Echinopora horrida | Echinopora lamellosa | Euphyllia ancora |
| Euphyllia cristata | Euphyllia divisa | Euphyllia glabrescens | Euphyllia paraancora | Favia favus |
| Favia helianthoides | Favia laxa | Favia lizardensis | Favia matthaii | Favia maxima |
| Favia pallida | Favia rotumana | Favia rotundata | Favia speciosa | Favia stelligera |
| Favia truncatus | Favia veroni | Favites abdita | Favites chinensis | Favites complanata |
| Favites flexuosa | Favites halicora | Favites paraflexuosa | Favites pentagona | Favites russelli |
| Fungia concinna | Fungia costulata | Fungia curvata | Fungia cyclolites | Fungia distorta |
| Fungia fragilis | Fungia fungites | Fungia granulosa | Fungia horrida | Fungia klunzingeri |
| Fungia patelliformis | Fungia paumotensis | Fungia repanda | Fungia scruposa | Fungia scutaria |
| Fungia sinensis | Fungia tenuis | Fungia patelliformis | Fungia paumotensis | Fungia repanda |
| Fungia scruposa | Fungia scutaria | Fungia sinensis | Fungia tenuis | Galaxea astreata |
| Galaxea fascicularis | Goniastrea aspera | Goniastrea australensis | Goniastrea edwardsi | Goniastrea favulus |
| Goniastrea palauensis | Goniastrea pectinata | Goniastrea retiformis | Goniopora columna | Goniopora djiboutiensis |
| Goniopora eclipsensis | Goniopora lobata | Goniopora minor | Goniopora norfolkensis | Goniopora pandoraensis |
| Goniopora pendulus | Goniopora somaliensis | Goniopora stokesi | Goniopora stutchburyi | Goniopora tenuidens |
| Herpolitha limax | Hydnophora exesa | Hydnophora microconos | Hydnophora pilosa | Hydnophora rigida |
| Leptoria phrygia | Leptastrea purpurea | Lithophyllon mokai | Lithophyllon undulatum | Lobophyllia corymbosa |
| Lobophyllia diminuta | Lobophyllia hataii | Lobophyllia hemprichii | Lobophyllia pachysepta | Merulina ampliata |
| Merulina scabricula | Micromussa amakusensis | Micromussa diminuta | Montastrea annuligera | Montastrea colemani |
| Montastrea curta | Montastrea magnistellata | Montastrea valenciennesi | Montipora aequituberculata | Montipora angulata |
| Montipora australiensis | Montipora calcarea | Montipora caliculata | Montipora capricornis | Montipora crassituberculata |
| Montipora danae | Montipora digitata | Montipora efflorescens | Montipora floweri | Montipora foliosa |
| Montipora foveolata | Montipora grisea | Montipora hispida | Montipora hoffmeisteri | Montipora incrassata |
| Montipora informis | Montipora millepora | Montipora mollis | Montipora monasteriata | Montipora nodosa |
| Montipora peltiformis | Montipora spongodes | Montipora spumosa | Montipora stellata | Montipora tuberculosa |
| Montipora turgescens | Montipora turtlensis | Montipora undata | Montipora venosa | Montipora verrucosa |
| Moseleya latistellata | Mycedium elephantosus | Mycedium mancaoi | Oulophyllia benettae | Oulophyllia crispa |
| Oulophyllia benettae | Oxypora glabra | Oxypora lacera | Pachyseris rugosa | Pachyseris speciosa |
| Pavona cactus | Pavona clavus | Pavona decussata | Pavona duerdeni | Pavona explanulata |
| Pavona maldivensis | Pavona varians | Pavona venosa | Pectinia lactuca | Pectinia paeonia |
| Pectinia teres | Platygyra daedalea | Platygyra lamellina | Platygyra pini | Platygyra ryukyuensis |
| Platygyra sinensis | Platygyra verweyi | Plerogyra sinuosa | Plesiastrea versipora | Pocillopora damicornis |
| Pocillopora eydouxi | Pocillopora meandrina | Pocillopora verrucosa | Pocillopora woodjonesi | Polyphyllia talpina |
| Porites annae | Porites aranetai | Porites australiensis | Porites cylindrica | Porites eridani |
| Porites evermanni | Porites heronensis | Porites lichen | Porites lobata | Porites lutea |
| Porites murrayensis | Porites nigrescens | Porites rus | Porites solida | Porites stephensoni |
| Porites vaughani | Scolymia australis | Seriatopora caliendrum | Seriatopora hystrix | Stylophora pistillata |
| Symphyllia agaricia | Symphyllia radians | Symphyllia recta | Symphyllia valenciennesii | Symphyllia wilsoni |
| Trachyphyllia geoffroyi | Tubastraea coccinea | Tubastraea diaphana | Turbinaria bifrons | Turbinaria conspicua |
| Turbinaria frondens | Turbinaria mesenterina | Turbinaria patula | Turbinaria peltata | Turbinaria radicalis |
| Turbinaria reniformis | Turbinaria stellulata | | | |
| Giant Clams | Other | Seahorses | | |
| Tridacna squamosa | Live Rock | H. angustus | | |
| Tridacna maxima | | H. elongatus | | |
| | | H. tuberculatus | | |