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Commonwealth Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery - Agency application 2015

« Commonwealth Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery
Environmental Assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Australian Fisheries Management Authority December, 2015

Agency application on ecological sustainability

About the application

The current export approval for the Commonwealth Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery is valid until 25 February 2016 and the fishery is now due for assessment for ongoing export accreditation. The Department of the Environment received an application, ‘Application for export approval as a Wildlife Trade Operation for the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery’ and annual report 2015, from the Australian Fisheries Management Authority in December, 2015. The application 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 any conditions or 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 Commonwealth Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery as managed consistent with the Commonwealth Fisheries Management Act 1991 and the Fisheries Management Regulations 1992, as an approved wildlife trade operation under section 303FN of the EPBC Act, and
  • including in the list of exempt native specimens, specimens harvested in the Commonwealth Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery under the provisions of the Commonwealth Fisheries Management Act 1991 and the Fisheries Management Regulations 1992.

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

Application for export approval as a Wildlife Trade Operation for the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (PDF - 490.89 KB)
Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Wildlife Trade Operation Annual Report 2015 (PDF - 1.26 MB)

The call for public comments is open from 10 December 2015 until 18 January 2016.

Please submit your comments to:

The Director
Sustainable Fisheries Section
Department of the Environment
GPO Box 787
CANBERRA ACT 2601

Submissions may also be sent by fax to (02) 6274 2875, or email to sustainablefisheries@environment.gov.au

Any comments received will form part of the documentation provided to the Australian Government Minister for the Environment 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.