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Declaration of an approved wildlife trade operation – Western Australian South Coast Crustacean Fishery, July 2017

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This instrument declares the Western Australian South Coast Crustacean Fishery an approved wildlife trade operation until 31 July 2020.
Administered by: Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Registered 02 Aug 2017
Date ceased to have effect 31 Jul 2020
Ceased by Self Ceasing

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

 

DECLARATION OF AN APPROVED WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION – WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SOUTH COAST CRUSTACEAN FISHERY, JULY 2017

 

I, PAUL MURPHY, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy, 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 Primary Industries and Regional Development 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 that belong to species listed under Part 13 of the EPBC Act (other than a species listed in the conservation dependent category), and specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia’s CITES list), taken in the Western Australian South Coast Crustacean Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Act 1994 and Fish Resources Management Regulations 1995, 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 31 July 2020 and;

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

 

 

Dated this       1st                   day of              August                        2017

 

 

 

 

………….…….…Paul Murphy……………………

Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy

 

 

A person whose interests are affected by this declaration may, within 28 days, make an application in writing to the Department of the Environment and Energy 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 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 and Energy, Telephone: (02) 6274 1917 Email: sustainablefisheries@environment.gov.au.

SCHEDULE

 

Declaration of the Harvest Operations of the Western Australian South Coast Crustacean Fishery as an approved wildlife trade operation, August 2017

 

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), other than a species listed in the conservation dependent category and specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia’s CITES list), taken in the Western Australian South Coast Crustacean Fishery:

 

1.      Operation of this 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 Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) to inform the Department of the Environment and Energy of any intended material changes to this fishery’s management arrangements that may affect the assessment against which Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 decisions are made.

3.      DPIRD, in its annual Status reports of the fisheries and aquatic resources of Western Australia, to report on this fishery against performance measures that relate to its sustainability.