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, have considered in accordance with section 303FN of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) the application from the Western Australian Department of Fisheries and advice on the ecological sustainability of the operation. I am satisfied on those matters specified in section 303FN of the EPBC Act. I hereby declare the operations for the harvesting of specimens that are, or are derived from, fish or invertebrates, other than specimens of species listed under Part 13 of the EPBC Act, taken in the Western Australian West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery, as defined in the management regime for the fishery made under the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Act 1994, to be an approved wildlife trade operation, in accordance with subsection 303FN(2) and paragraph 303FN(10)(d), for the purposes of the EPBC Act.

Unless amended or revoked, this declaration:

a)             is valid until 25 May 2018 and;

b)             is subject to the conditions applied under section 303FT specified in the Schedule.

Dated this       25th     day of  May    2015

………….…….……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 reason may be made in writing to the 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 Western Australian West Coast

 Rock Lobster Managed Fishery as an approved wildlife trade operation, May 2015

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 (WA) West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery:

1.        Operation of the fishery will be carried out in accordance with the management regime under the WA Fish Resources Management Act 1994 and the WA Fish Resources Management Regulations 1995.

2.        The WA Department of Fisheries to inform the Department of the Environment of any intended material changes to the WA West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery management arrangements that may affect the assessment against which Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 decisions are made.

3.        The WA Department of Fisheries, in its annual Status of the fisheries and aquatic resources of Western Australia report, to report on the fishery against performance measures that relate to its sustainability.