COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
DECLARATION OF AN APPROVED WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION – QUEENSLAND CORAL FISHERY, JUNE 2018
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 Queensland Department of Agriculture and 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, taken in the Queensland Coral Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Fisheries Act 1994 (Qld) and Fisheries Regulation 2008 (Qld), but not including:
§ specimens that belong to eligible listed threatened species, as defined under section 303BC of the EPBC Act, or
§ specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia’s CITES list) , except for specimens that belong to taxa listed in Schedule 2
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 June 2021 and;
b) is subject to the conditions applied under section 303FT specified in Schedule 1.
Dated this 20th day of June 2018
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 1
Declaration of the Harvest Operations of the Queensland Coral Fishery as an approved wildlife trade operation, June 2018
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 and Part 13A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), taken in the Queensland Coral Fishery:
1. Operation of the Queensland Coral Fishery will be carried out in accordance with the management regime in force under the Queensland Fisheries Act 1994.
2. The Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries to inform the Department of the Environment and Energy of any intended material changes to the Queensland Coral Fishery management arrangements that may affect the assessment against which Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 decisions are made.
3. The Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries 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. The Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries to finalise and implement a new harvest strategy by the end of 2020. The harvest strategy should:
a) incorporate and replace the existing performance management system for this fishery;
b) implement a finer scale spatial management system.
5. The Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries to continue annual reviews of the harvest of CITES listed taxa in the Queensland Coral Fishery and to report the results of the review to the Department of the Environment and Energy during the following fishing season. The report should include:
a) analysis of harvest and harvest trends by species/species group
b) spatial analysis of harvest by species/species group
c) updated risk assessments for species/ groups as they become available, and
d) any changes to management arrangements for CITES listed species
Schedule 2
| Acanthastrea amakusensis | Acropora microclados | Astreopora macrostoma | Echinopora mammiformis |
| Acanthastrea bowerbanki | Acropora microphthalma | Astreopora moretonensis | Echinopora pacificus |
| Acanthastrea brevis | Acropora millepora | Astreopora myriophthalma | Eguchipsammia fistula |
| Acanthastrea echinata | Acropora monticulosa | Astreopora ocellata | Euphyllia ancora |
| Acanthastrea hillae | Acropora multiacuta | Astreopora scabra | Euphyllia cristata |
| Acanthastrea lordhowensis (= Micromussa lordhowensis) | Acropora nana | Australogyra zelli | Euphyllia divisa |
| Acanthophyllia deshayesiana | Acropora nasuta | Balanophyllia bairdiana | Euphyllia fimbriata |
| Acanthastrea regularis | Acropora nobilis | Balanophyllia dentata | Euphyllia glabrescens |
| Acrhelia horrescens | Acropora palifera | Balanophyllia desmophyllioides | Euphyllia paraancora |
| Acropora abrolhosensis | Acropora palmerae | Balanophyllia elliptica | Favia danae |
| Acropora abrotanoides | Acropora plana | Balanophyllia stimpsonii | Favia danai |
| Acropora aculeus | Acropora paniculata | Balanophyllia yongei | Favia favus |
| Acropora acuminata | Acropora polystoma | Barabattoia amicorum | Favia helianthoides |
| Acropora anthocercis | Acropora prostrata | Blastomussa merleti | Favia laxa |
| Acropora aspera | Acropora pulchra | Blastomussa vivida | Favia lizardensis |
| Acropora austera | Acropora robusta | Blastomussa wellsi | Favia maritima |
| Acropora azurea | Acropora rosaria | Catalaphyllia jardinei | Favia matthaii |
| Acropora brueggemanni | Acropora samoensis | Caulastraea curvata | Favia maxima |
| Acropora bushyensis | Acropora sarmentosa | Caulastraea echinulata | Favia pallida |
| Acropora cardenae | Acropora secale | Caulastraea furcata | Favia rotumana |
| Acropora carduus | Acropora selago | Caulastraea tumida | Favia rotundata |
| Acropora caroliniana | Acropora solitaryensis | Coeloseris mayeri | Favia speciosa |
| Acropora cerealis | Acropora spathulata | Coscinaraea columna | Favia stelligera |
| Acropora chesterfieldensis | Acropora speciosa | Coscinaraea crassa | Favia truncatus |
| Acropora clathrata | Acropora squarrosa | Coscinaraea exesa | Favia veroni |
| Acropora crateriformis | Acropora striata | Coscinaraea wellsi | Favia vietnamensis |
| Acropora cuneata | Acropora subglabra | Ctenactis albitentaculata | Favites abdita |
| Acropora cytherea | Acropora subulata | Ctenactis crassa | Favites chinensis |
| Acropora danai | Acropora tenuis | Ctenactis echinata | Favites complanata |
| Acropora dendrum | Acropora torihalimeda | Cynarina lacrymalis | Favites flexuosa |
| Acropora desalwii | Acropora torresiana | Cyphastrea agassizi | Favites halicora |
| Acropora digitifera | Acropora tortuosa | Cyphastrea chalcidicum | Favites pentagona |
| Acropora divaricata | Acropora valenciennesi | Cyphastrea decadia | Favites russelli |
| Acropora donei | Acropora valida | Cyphastrea japonica | Fungia concinna |
| Acropora echinata | Acropora vaughani | Cyphastrea microphthalma | Fungia costulata |
| Acropora elizabethensis | Acropora verweyi | Cyphastrea ocellina | Fungia curvata |
| Acropora elseyi | Acropora wallaceae | Cyphastrea serailia | Fungia cyclolites |
| Acropora florida | Acropora willisae | Dendrophyllia alcocki | Fungia danae |
| Acropora formosa | Acropora yongei | Dendrophyllia incisa | Fungia distorta |
| Acropora gemmifera | Alveopora allingi | Dendrophyllia velata | Fungia fragilis |
| Acropora glauca | Alveopora catalai | Diploastrea heliopora | Fungia fralinae |
| Acropora globiceps | Alveopora fenestrata | Distichopora coccinea | Fungia fungites |
| Acropora grandis | Alveopora gigas | Distichopora livida | Fungia granulosa |
| Acropora granulosa | Alveopora marionensis | Distichopora nitida | Fungia gravis |
| Acropora horrida | Alveopora spongiosa | Distichopora violacea | Fungia horrida |
| Acropora humilis | Alveopora tizardi | Duncanopsammia axifuga | Fungia klunzingeri |
| Acropora hyacinthus | Alveopora verrilliana | Echinophyllia aspera | Fungia moluccensis |
| Acropora insignis | Anacropora forbesi | Echinophyllia echinata | Fungia patelliformis |
| Acropora intermedia | Anacropora matthai | Echinophyllia echinoporoides | Fungia paumotensis |
| Acropora kirstyae | Anacropora puertogalerae | Echinophyllia nishihirai | Fungia repanda |
| Acropora latistella | Anacropora reticulata | Echinophyllia orpheensis | Fungia scabra |
| Acropora listeri | Astreopora cucullata | Echinophyllia tosaensis | Fungia scruposa |
| Acropora longicyathus | Astreopora explanata | Echinopora gemmacea | Fungia scutaria |
| Acropora loripes | Astreopora gracilis | Echinopora hirsutissima | Fungia sinensis |
| Acropora lovelli | Astreopora incrustans | Echinopora horrida | Fungia somervillei |
| Acropora lutkeni | Astreopora listeri | Echinopora lamellosa | Fungia tenuis |
| Galaxea acrhelia | Leptoseris yabei | Montipora verruculosus | Porites lobata |
| Galaxea astreata | Lithophyllon mokai | Moseleya latistellata | Porites lutea |
| Galaxea fascicularis | Lobophyllia corymbosa | Mycedium elephantotus | Porites mayeri |
| Galaxea longisepta | Lobophyllia diminuta | Mycedium robokaki | Porites monticulosa |
| Goniastrea aspera | Lobophyllia hataii | Oulastrea crispata | Porites murrayensis |
| Goniastrea australensis | Lobophyllia hemprichii | Oulophyllia bennettae | Porites myrmidonensis |
| Goniastrea edwardsi | Lobophyllia pachysepta | Oulophyllia crispa | Porites nigrescens |
| Goniastrea favulus | Lobophyllia robusta | Oxypora glabra | Porites rus |
| Goniastrea minuta | Madracis kirbyi | Oxypora lacera | Porites solida |
| Goniastrea palauensis | Merulina ampliata | Pachyseris rugosa | Porites stephensoni |
| Goniastrea pectinata | Merulina scabricula | Pachyseris speciosa | Porites vaughani |
| Goniastrea retiformis | Micromussa diminuta | Pavona bipartita | Psammocora contigua |
| Goniopora columna | Montastrea annuligera | Pavona cactus | Psammocora digitata |
| Goniopora djiboutiensis | Montastrea curta | Pavona clavus | Psammocora explanulata |
| Goniopora eclipsensis | Montastrea magnistellata | Pavona danai | Psammocora haimiana |
| Goniopora fruticosa | Montastrea valenciennesi | Pavona decussata | Psammocora nierstraszi |
| Goniopora lobata | Montipora aequituberculata | Pavona duerdeni | Psammocora profundacella |
| Goniopora minor | Montipora angulata | Pavona explanulata | Psammocora superficialis |
| Goniopora norfolkensis | Montipora australiensis | Pavona maldivensis | Psammocora vaughani |
| Goniopora palmensis | Montipora caliculata | Pavona minuta | Sandalolitha robusta |
| Goniopora pandoraensis | Montipora capricornis | Pavona varians | Scolymia australis (= Homophyllia australis) |
| Goniopora pendulus | Montipora corbettensis | Pavona venosa | Scolymia vitiensis (= Lobophylla vitiensis) |
| Goniopora somaliensis | Montipora crassituberculata | Pectinia alcicornis | Seriatopora aculeata |
| Goniopora stokesi | Montipora danae | Pectinia lactuca | Seriatopora caliendrum |
| Goniopora stutchburyi | Montipora digitata | Pectinia paeonia | Seriatopora hystrix |
| Goniopora tenuidens | Montipora efflorescens | Petrophyllia rediviva | Stylophora pistillata |
| Heliofungia actiniformis | Montipora effusa | Physogyra lichtensteini | Symphyllia agaricia |
| Heliopora coerulea | Montipora floweri | Platygyra contorta | Symphyllia radians |
| Herpolitha limax | Montipora foliosa | Platygyra daedalea | Symphyllia recta |
| Heteropsammia cochlea | Montipora foveolata | Platygyra lamellina | Symphyllia valenciennesii |
| Heteropsammia moretonensis | Montipora gaimardi | Platygyra pini | Trachyphyllia geoffroyi |
| Hydnophora exesa | Montipora granulosa | Platygyra ryukyuensis | Tubastraea coccinea |
| Hydnophora microconos | Montipora grisea | Platygyra sinensis | Tubastraea diaphana |
| Hydnophora pilosa | Montipora hispida | Platygyra verweyi | Tubastraea faulkneri |
| Hydnophora rigida | Montipora hoffmeisteri | Plerogyra sinuosa | Tubastraea micrantha |
| Leptastrea aequalis | Montipora incrassata | Plesiastrea versipora | Turbinaria bifrons |
| Leptastrea bewickensis | Montipora informis | Pocillopora damicornis | Turbinaria conspicua |
| Leptastrea inaequalis | Montipora millepora | Pocillopora eydouxi | Turbinaria frondens |
| Leptastrea pruinosa | Montipora mollis | Pocillopora kelleheri | Turbinaria heronensis |
| Leptastrea purpurea | Montipora monasteriata | Pocillopora ligulata | Turbinaria mesenterina |
| Leptastrea transversa | Montipora nodosa | Pocillopora meandrina | Turbinaria patula |
| Leptoria irregularis | Montipora peltiformis | Pocillopora verrucosa | Turbinaria peltata |
| Leptoria phrygia | Montipora spongodes | Pocillopora woodjonesi | Turbinaria radicalis |
| Leptoseris explanata | Montipora spumosa | Podabacia crustacea | Turbinaria reniformis |
| Leptoseris foliosa | Montipora stellata | Polyphyllia talpina | Turbinaria stellulata |
| Leptoseris gardineri | Montipora striata | Porites annae | Tubipora musica |
| Leptoseris hawaiiensis | Montipora tuberculosa | Porites australiensis | Corallium (Genus) |
| Leptoseris incrustans | Montipora turgescens | Porites cylindrica | Cirrhipathes (Genus) |
| Leptoseris mycetoseroides | Montipora turtlensis | Porites densa | Stylaster (Genus) |
| Leptoseris papyracea | Montipora undata | Porites evermanni | |
| Leptoseris scabra | Montipora venosa | Porites heronensis | |
| Leptoseris solida | Montipora verrucosa | Porites lichen | |