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 and Energy, hereby vary under paragraph 303FT(7)(b) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), the declaration of an approved wildlife trade operation dated 18 March 2016 for the 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 such that the condition specified in the Schedule to that declaration is varied as follows:

 

In Condition 1, delete the words

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

and replace with the words

  1. Operation of the fishery will be carried out in accordance with the management regime under the SA Fisheries Management Act 2007, the Fisheries Management (Marine Scalefish Fisheries) Regulations 2006 and the Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2007.
  2. PIRSA to inform the Department of the Environment and Energy of any intended material changes to the SA Marine Scalefish Fishery management arrangements that may affect the assessment against which Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 decisions are made.
  3. PIRSA 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 (the Guidelines).
  4. Following the updated scientific assessments of stock levels for snapper, King George whiting and garfish (expected in 2016, 2017 and 2018 respectively) and in response to findings in those assessments, PIRSA to:

     a) ensure findings of the updated scientific assessments are publicly available, and include an    

evaluation of the success of changes to management arrangements implemented since the last

fishery assessments 

     b) finalise, publicly release and implement recovery strategies to rebuild primary 

     species stocks to ecologically viable levels, within a specific time period, appropriate to the  

     biology of the stocks

     c) continue to ensure that stock levels of these species are well understood.

 

 

 

 

 

Unless otherwise amended or revoked, this declaration is valid until 15 March 2019.

 

 

 

Dated this  22nd  day of  July  2016

 

 

 

 

 

 ………….……Paul Murphy……….........

Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy

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 and Energy 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.