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 Richey Fishing Company, public comments on the proposal as required under section 303FR 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 Australian salmon (Arripis trutta) by the Richey Fishing Company, taken in the Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery as defined in the Tasmanian Fisheries (Scalefish) Rules 2015 in force under the Tasmanian Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995, to be an approved wildlife trade operation, in accordance with subsection 303FN(2) and paragraph 303FN(10)(b), for the purposes of the EPBC Act.
Unless amended or revoked, this declaration:
a) is valid until 14 February 2019 and;
b) is subject to the conditions applied under section 303FT specified in the Schedule.
Dated this 22nd day of February 2016
………….…….………P. 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 Richey Fishing Company for Arripis trutta (Australian salmon) as an approved wildlife trade operation, February 2016
ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS (section 303FT)
Relating to the harvesting of Australian salmon (Arripis trutta) that are, or are derived from fish, taken by the Richey Fishing Company in the Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery:
1. Operation of the Richey Fishing Company’s Australian salmon operation will be carried out in accordance with the Tasmanian Fisheries (Scalefish) Rules 2015 in force under the Tasmanian Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995.
2. The Richey Fishing Company to inform the Department of the Environment of any intended material changes to the Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery management arrangements that may affect the assessment against which Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 decisions are made.
3. The Richey Fishing Company 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.