COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
DECLARATION OF AN APPROVED WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION – ABROLHOS CORAL AND LIVE ROCK, AUGUST 2017
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 Abrolhos Coral and Live Rock operation, public comments on the proposal as required under section 303FR and advice on the ecological sustainability of the operation. I am satisfied on those matters specified in section 303FN of the EPBC Act, but only to the extent the operation relates to the class of specimens specified in column 2 of Table 1. I am also satisfied that the operation that is specified in column 1 of Table 1 is an existing stocks operation, as defined by subregulation 9A.20, but only to the extent the operation relates to the class of specimens specified in column 2 of Table 1
Having satisfied myself on the matters set out in section 303FN of the EPBC Act, I hereby declare the operation that is specified in column 1 of Table 1 to be an approved wildlife trade operation under subsection 303FN (2) 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 |
Collection of broodstock specimens by the Abrolhos Coral and Live Rock operation from 2010 to 2016. | Specimens that are, or are derived from, specimens that: a) were collected between 2010 and 2016 under Exemption No 1808, 2529, 2610 and 2752 issued under the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Act 1994, and b) belong to taxa listed in Schedule 1. |
Dated this 30th day of August 2017
………….…….…Paul Murphy………………………
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, Sustainable Fisheries Section, Department of the Environment and Energy, Telephone: (02) 6274 1917 Email: sustainablefisheries@environment.gov.au.
SCHEDULE 1
Hard corals | Alveopora spongiosa | Goniopora djiboutiensis | Montipora turtlensis |
Acanthastrea echinata | Alveopora tizardi | Goniopora pendulus | Moseleya latistellata |
Acanthastrea hillae | Alveopora verrilliana | Goniopora stokesi | Mycedium elephantotus |
Acropora abrolhosensis | Astreopora gracilis | Goniopora stutchburyi | Oxypora glabra |
Acropora aculeus | Astreopora myriophthalma | Goniopora tenuidens | Oxypora lacera |
Acropora acuminata | Astreopora ocellata | Hydnophora exesa | Pachyseris speciosa |
Acropora anthocercis | Barabattoia amicorum | Hydnophora pilosa | Palauastrea ramosa |
Blastomussa merleti | Leptastrea pruinosa | Platygyra daedalea | |
Acropora cerealis | Blastomussa wellsi | Leptastrea purpurea | Platygyra lamellina |
Acropora dendrum | Coscinaraea columna | Leptoseris explanata | Pocillopora damicornis |
Acropora digitifera | Coscinaraea exesa | Leptoseris foliosa | Pocillopora meandrina |
Acropora donei | Coscinaraea marshae | Leptoseris hawaiiensis | Pocillopora verrucosa |
Acropora florida | Cycloseris patelliformis | Leptoseris mycetoseroides | Porites heronensis |
Acropora formosa | Cyphastrea microphthalma | Leptoseris scabra | Porites lichen |
Acropora glauca | Cyphastrea serailia | Lobophyllia corymbosa | Porites lobata |
Acropora grandis | Echinophyllia aspera | Lobophyllia hataii | Porites lutea |
Acropora granulosa | Echinophyllia orpheensis | Lobophyllia hemprichii | Porites solida |
Acropora horrida | Euphyllia cristata | Merulina ampliata | Protopalythoa spp. |
Acropora hyacinthus | Euphyllia divisa | Montastrea curta | Psammocora contigua |
Acropora latistella | Euphyllia glabrescens | Montastrea magnistellata | Psammocora digitata |
Acropora lovelli | Favia favus | Montastrea valenciennesi | Psammocora explanulata |
Acropora microphthalma | Favia laxa | Montipora aequituberculata | Psammocora haimeana |
Acropora millepora | Favia lizardensis | Montipora angulata | Psammocora profundacella |
Acropora nasuta | Favia matthaii | Montipora australiensis | Psammocora superficialis |
Acropora nobilis | Favia maxima | Montipora caliculata | Ricordea spp. |
Acropora pulchra | Favia pallida | Montipora capricornis | Scapophyllia cylindrica |
Acropora robusta | Favia rotundata | Montipora crassituberculata | Seriatopora hystrix |
Acropora sarmentosa | Favia verona | Montipora danae | Symphyllia wilsoni |
Acropora selago | Favites abdita | Montipora digitata | Turbinaria bifrons |
Acropora solitaryensis | Favites chinensis | Montipora efflorescens | Turbinaria conspicua |
Acropora spicifera | Favites complanata | Montipora foliosa | Turbinaria frondens |
Acropora stoddarti | Favites flexuosa | Montipora grisea | Turbinaria mesenterina |
Acropora subulata | Favites halicora | Montipora hispida | Turbinaria peltata |
Acropora tenuis | Favites pentagona | Montipora hoffmeisteri | Turbinaria radiculis |
Acropora tortuosa | Favites russelli | Montipora incrassata | Turbinaria reniformis |
Acropora valenciennesi | Fungea repanda | Montipora informis | Turbinaria stellulata |
Acropora valida | Galaxea fascicularis | Montipora mollis | Other invertebrates |
Acropora vaughani | Goniastrea aspera | Montipora nodosa | Entacmaea quadricolor |
Acropora verweyi | Goniastrea australensis | Montipora peltiformis | Macrodactyla doreensis |
Acropora willisae | Goniastrea edwardsi | Montipora spongodes | Stichodactyla giganta |
Acropora yongei | Goniastrea favulus | Montipora spumosa | Stichodactyla haddoni |
Alveopora allingi | Goniastrea palauensis | Montipora stellata | Zoanthus spp. |
Alveopora fenestrata | Goniastrea pectinata | Montipora turgescens | Live rock |
Alveopora gigas | Goniopora columna |
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