Small Pelagic Fishery - Agency application 2018
Environmental Assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Australian Fisheries Management Authority August 2018
Agency application on ecological sustainability
About the application
The current export approval for the Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery is valid until 26 October 2018 and the fishery is now due for assessment for ongoing export accreditation. The Department of the Environment and Energy received an application, ‘Assessment report to the Department of Environment and Energy’, from the Australian Fisheries Management Authority in August 2018. 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 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 Small Pelagic Fishery, as managed consistent with the Fisheries Management Act 1991 (Cth) and Fisheries Management Regulations 1992 (Cth), 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 Small Pelagic Fishery, as managed consistent with the Fisheries Management Act 1991 (Cth) and Fisheries Management Regulations 1992 (Cth).
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
Assessment report to the Department of Environment and Energy (PDF - 974.77 KB)
Assessment report to the Department of Environment and Energy (DOCX - 1.18 MB)
The call for public comments is open from 15 August 2018 until 12 September 2018.
Please submit your comments to:
The Director
Wildlife Trade Assessments Section
Department of the Environment and Energy
GPO Box 787
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Submissions may also be emailed to sustainablefisheries@environment.gov.au
Any comments received will form part of the documentation provided to the Australian Government Minister for the Environment and Energy 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 Wildlife Trade Assessments Section (02) 6274 1917.