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Declaration of an Approved Wildlife Trade Operation – North West Slope and Western Deepwater Trawl Fisheries, December 2017

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This instrument is a declaration as an approved wildlife trade operation for the Commonwealth North West Slope and Western Deepwater Trawl Fisheries until 18 December 2020.
Administered by: Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Registered 21 Dec 2017
Date ceased to have effect 18 Dec 2020
Ceased by Self Ceasing

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

 

DECLARATION OF AN APPROVED WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION – NORTH WEST SLOPE AND WESTERN DEEPWATER TRAWL FISHERIES, DECEMBER 2017

 

I, ILSE KIESSLING, Acting 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 Australian Fisheries Management Authority 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 Commonwealth North West Slope and Western Deepwater Trawl Fisheries as defined in the management regime in force under the Fisheries Management Act 1991 (Cth) and the Fisheries Management Regulations 1992 (Cth), 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 18 December 2020; and

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

 

Dated this       20                                day of              December                    2017

………….…….…………………………………

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, Wildlife Trade Assessments Section, Department of the Environment and Energy, Telephone: (02) 6274 1917 Email: sustainablefisheries@environment.gov.au.

SCHEDULE

 

Declaration of the Harvest Operations of the Commonwealth North West Slope and Western Deepwater Trawl Fisheries as an approved wildlife trade operation, December 2017

 

ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS (section 303FT)

 

Relating to 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 Commonwealth North West Slope and Western Deepwater Trawl Fisheries:

 

1.      Operation of the Western Deepwater Trawl and North West Slope Trawl fisheries will be carried out in accordance with management arrangements in force under the Commonwealth Fisheries Management Act 1991, Fisheries Management Regulations 1992 and relevant Commonwealth fisheries policies.

2.      The Australian Fisheries Management Authority to inform the Department of the Environment and Energy of any intended material changes to the Western Deepwater Trawl and North West Slope Trawl fisheries management arrangements that may affect the assessment against which Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 decisions are made.

3.      The Australian Fisheries Management Authority to produce and present reports to the Department of the Environment and Energy annually as per Appendix B of the Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries - 2nd Edition.

4.      AFMA to ensure ecological risk assessments and associated management strategies are reviewed, updated and implemented.

5.      AFMA to ensure:

a)      that the harvest strategy for the North West Slope and Western Deepwater Trawl fisheries contains triggers and/or limits which are specific, measurable, time bound, and capable of managing the ecological effects of fishing.

b)      that the fisheries’ performance under harvest strategy triggers and limits is monitored; and triggered management actions are undertaken within specified timeframes.

Harvest strategy performance should be reported as part of the requirements specified in Condition 3 above.