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I, Belinda Jago, Branch Head, Ocean and Wildlife, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water, 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 11 December 2023 for the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Fisheries Management Act 2007 (SA) and the Fisheries Management (Marine Scalefish Fisheries) Regulations 2017 (SA), the Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2017 (SA) and the Fisheries Management (Fish Processor) Regulations 2017, such that the condition specified in Schedule 1 to that declaration is varied as follows:

In Condition 5, delete the words

a) By 30 June 2025 implement vessel monitoring systems on all Marine Scalefish Fishery vessels including geofences around sea lion colonies.

and replace with the words

a) By 15 January 2026 implement vessel monitoring systems on all Marine Scalefish Fishery vessels including geofences around sea lion colonies.

 

Dated this 25th day of June 2025

 

BELINDA JAGO

 

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Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water

Notes:

  1.         Under the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024, 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 Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water within 28 days of the date of the declaration. An application for independent review may be made to the Administrative Review 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, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Email: sustainablefisheries@dcceew.gov.au.
  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 is available from https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/wildlife-trade/cites.