COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
DECLARATION OF AN APPROVED WILDLIFE TRADE
OPERATION (EXISTING STOCKS) FOR JARDINI PTY LTD AUSTRALIAN
LUNGFISH QUEENSLAND (2023-2026)
I, Adam Sincock, Principal Director, Wildlife Trade Office, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation
Act 1999:
(a) having considered public comments as required by section 303FR
(b) being satisfied as to those matters for a wildlife trade operation set out in sub-sections 303FN(3), (4) and (5)
declare that Jardini Pty Ltd is a wildlife trade operation (existing stocks) as defined by subsection 303FN(10)(f) and Regulation 9A.20(5) for Neoceratodus forsteri (Australian Lungfish).
This declaration has effect subject to the following conditions applied under S303FT:
1. The operation is to be undertaken in accordance with the proposal submitted to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water on 14 February 2023.
2. The declaration is valid for three years from the day after its publication on the Federal Register of Legislation.
3. Jardini Pty Ltd must inform the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water of any intended material changes to the management arrangements that may affect the assessment against which Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 decisions are made.
4. The brood stock and all progeny of the Australian lungfish must be kept in a closed controlled environment in accordance with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Aquaculture Development Approvals for the Tarome and Wynnum facilities.
5. All specimens of Australian lungfish exported under this wildlife trade operation must be fish that are at least first generation, produced from the brood stock collected under Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries General Fisheries permit or subsequent progeny of those brood stock.
6. All specimens of Australian lungfish exported under this wildlife trade operation must be fitted with an internal Passive Integrated Transponder tag (PIT tag), or an alternative marking technology system approved by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
The PIT tag (or approved alternative marking system) numbers must be provided to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water in the annual report (refer to Condition 7 of this declaration).
7. Jardini Pty Ltd must provide an annual report to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water by 31 March each year. The annual report must include:
· details of all Australian lungfish exports, including the PIT tag (or approved alternative marking system) numbers for each Australian lungfish,
· the average size of each Australian lungfish, and
· the number of Australian lungfish held at Jardini Pty Ltd’s aquaculture facilities at Tarome and Wynnum.
Dated this 13th day of April 2023
Adam Sincock
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Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water
A person whose interests are affected by this declaration may, within 28 days, make an application in writing to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 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 $1,826 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, Wildlife Trade Assessments Section, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Email: wta@dcceew.gov.au, Telephone: (02) 5156 5063 (options 2).