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, having satisfied myself on the matters set out in section 303FN of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), declare the operation that is specified in column 1 of Table 1, to be an approved wildlife trade operation under subsection 303FN (2) and paragraph 303FN(10)(d), of the EPBC Act, but only to the extent the operation relates to the class of specimens specified in column 2 of Table 1.

 

Table 1

Operation

Class of Specimens

South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery, as defined in the management plan in force under the Fisheries Management Act 2007, the Fisheries Management (Marine Scalefish Fisheries) Regulations 2006 and the Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2007.

Specimens that are, or are derived from, fish or invertebrates, other than:

a)      specimens that belong to species listed under Part 13 of the EPBC Act, and

b)      specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Part 13A), except for smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena).

 

Unless amended or revoked, this declaration:

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

 

Dated this    18th    day of    March    2016

 

 

 ………….…….……Paul Murphy……………….........

Delegate of the Minister for the Environment

Notes:                                                                                                                                                                                     1.    Under the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, a person whose interests are affected by this decision may   

       apply for a statement of reasons and for independent review of the decision. An application for a statement of  

       reasons may be made in writing to the Department of the Environment within 28 days of the date of the  

       declaration. An application for independent review may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on

       payment of the relevant fee within 28 days of the date of the declaration, or if reasons are sought, within 28 days of   

       receipt of reasons. Further information may be obtained from the Director, Sustainable Fisheries Section.

 

2.    Australia’s obligations under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) are met through Part 13A of the EPBC Act. Specimens of species listed in Appendix II of Australia’s CITES list under section 303CA of the EPBC Act may only be exported, under a CITES export permit issued under the EPBC Act, if Australia’s CITES Scientific Authority has issued a non detriment finding for that species. Further information, including a list of species for which non detriment findings have been issued and the fisheries from which they may be sourced, is available from htttp://www.environment.gov.au/topics/biodiversity/wildlife-trade/internationally -endangered-plants-and-animals-cites/how-export.

 

 

SCHEDULE

 

Declaration of the Harvest Operations of the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery as an approved wildlife trade operation

 

ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS (section 303FT)

 

 

1. Unless otherwise amended or revoked, this declaration is valid until 22 July 2016.