South Australian Lakes and Coorong Fishery
Agency submission for environmental assessment under the EPBC Act
Primary Industries and Resources SA, March 2011
Agency submission on ecological sustainability
Download
- Agency submission - Lakes and Coorong Final Reassessment Report 2011 (PDF - 275 KB) - call for comment closes 4 May 2011
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- Attachment 7
About the submission
The current export approval for the South Australian Lakes and Coorong Fishery is valid until 25 May 2011, and the fishery is now due for assessment for ongoing export accreditation. The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities received a submission - Ecological Assessment of the Lakes and Coorong Fishery Reassessment Report - in March 2011. 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 original Australian Government assessment. The submission 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 South Australian Lakes and Coorong Fishery, as managed consistent with the South Australian Fisheries Management Act 2007, Fisheries Management (Lakes and Coorong Fishery) Regulations 2009 and Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2007, as an Approved Wildlife Trade Operation under section 303FN of the EPBC Act; and
- including on the list of exempt native specimens, specimens harvested in the South Australian Lakes and Coorong Fishery under the provisions of the South Australian Fisheries Management Act 2007, Fisheries Management (Lakes and Coorong Fishery) Regulations 2009 and Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2007.
In accordance with the provisions of sections 303FR and 303DC of the EPBC Act, you are invited to comment on this proposal.
Call for public comments open from 1 April 2011 until 4 May 2011.
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
- South Australian Lakes and Coorong Fishery home page
- Australian Government Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries (the Guidelines)
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