COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
DECLARATION OF APPROVED WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATIONS
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, public comments on the proposal as required under section 303FR and advice on the ecological sustainability of the operations. 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 Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline [Interim] Managed Fishery, and the Joint Authority Southern Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Managed Fishery, as defined in the management regime for the fisheries made under the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Act 1994, to be approved wildlife trade operations, 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 24 August 2018 and;
b) is subject to the conditions applied under section 303FT specified in the Schedule.
Dated this 26th day of August 2015
………….…….………Paul Murphy…………………………
Delegate of the Minister for the Environment
A person whose interests are affected by this declaration may, within 28 days, make an application in writing to the Department of the Environment for the reasons for the decision.
An application for independent review of the decision (under section 303GJ(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), on payment of the relevant fee (currently $861 or reduced fee where applicable due to financial hardship) by the applicant, either within 28 days of receipt of the reasons for the decision, or within 28 days of this declaration if reasons for the decision are not sought. Applications should be made to the Deputy Registrar, AAT in your Capital City. Please visit the AAT’s website at http://www.aat.gov.au/ for further information.
You may make an application under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) to access documents relevant to this decision. For further information, please visit http://www.environment.gov.au/foi/index.html.
Further enquiries should be directed to the Director, Sustainable Fisheries Section, Department of the Environment, Telephone: (02) 6274 1917 Email: sustainablefisheries@environment.gov.au.
SCHEDULE
Declaration of the Harvest Operations of the Western Australian
West Coast Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline [Interim] Managed Fishery and the Joint Authority Southern Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Managed Fishery as approved wildlife trade operations, August 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 AustralianWest Coast Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline [Interim] Managed Fishery and the Joint Authority Southern Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Managed Fishery:
1. Operation of these fisheries 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 these fisheries’ 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 reports of the fisheries and aquatic resources of Western Australia, to report on these fisheries against performance measures that relate to their sustainability.