New South Wales Abalone Fishery
Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13
Department of the Environment and Heritage, 28 November 2005
Commonwealth of Australia
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13
I, Andrew McNee, Assistant Secretary, Marine Environment Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, being satisfied that:
- The management regime in force under the New South Wales Fisheries Management Act 1994 and the New South Wales Abalone Share Management Plan 2000 for the New South Wales Abalone Fishery, requires persons engaged in fishing under the management regime to take all reasonable steps to ensure that members of listed threatened species, listed migratory species, cetaceans and listed marine species are not killed or injured as a result of the fishing; and
- The fishery to which the management regime relates does not, or is not likely to, adversely affect:
- the survival or recovery in nature of any listed threatened species; or
- the conservation status of a listed migratory species, cetacean, or listed marine species or a population of that species,
hereby accredit the New South Wales Fisheries Management Act 1994 and the New South Wales Abalone Share Management Plan 2000, to the extent that the Act and Plan apply to the New South Wales Abalone Fishery, pursuant to sections 208A, 222A, 245 and 265 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) for the purposes of Divisions 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Part 13 of the EPBC Act.
Dated this 28th day of November 2005
[signed]
Andrew McNee
Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Heritage
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