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Agency application on ecological sustainability

About the application

The current export approval for the Northern Territory Mud Crab Fishery is valid until 25 September 2012 and the fishery is now due for assessment for ongoing export accreditation. The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities received an application from the Northern Territory Department of Resources in July 2012. The report has been prepared to address the Australian Government Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries 2nd Edition and to provide updates on the implementation of recommendations made in the previous Australian Government assessment. The application will be used to assess the operation of the fishery for the purposes of Parts 13 and 13A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).

Consideration will be given to:

• declaring the Northern Territory Mud Crab Fishery, as managed consistent with the Northern Territory Fisheries Act, and the Northern Territory Fisheries Regulations as an approved wildlife trade operation under section 303FN of the EPBC Act; and
• inclusion in the list of exempt native specimens, specimens harvested in the Northern Territory Mud Crab Fishery under the provisions of the Northern Territory Fisheries Act and the Northern Territory Fisheries Regulations.

In accordance with the provisions of sections 303FR and 303DC of the EPBC Act, you are invited to comment on this proposal.

Download the application

• Northern Territory Mud Crab Fishery - 2012 Progress in implementing the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities recommendations made in the assessment of the NT Mud Crab Fishery 2007 (PDF - 46KB) |   (Word - 71KB)
• Mud Crab Fishery Status Report (PDF - 86KB) - 2010

The call for public comments is open from 20 July 2012 until 23 August 2012.

Please submit your comments to the address below.

The Director
Sustainable Fisheries Section
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
GPO Box 787
CANBERRA ACT 2601

Submissions may also be sent by fax to (02) 6275 9374, or email sustainablefisheries@environment.gov.au

Any comments received will form part of the documentation provided to the Australian Government Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities for a decision. Copies of comments may be made available to other persons with a particular interest in the application. If you wish to claim confidentiality for any part of your comments, would you please discuss the matter with the Director of the Sustainable Fisheries Section (02) 6274 1917.

See also

• More about the Northern Territory Mud Crab Fishery
• Australian Government Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries (the Guidelines)