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Northern Territory Marine Aquarium Fishery - agency application 2016

« Northern Territory Marine Aquarium Fishery

Environmental Assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Northern Territory Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries

Agency application on ecological sustainability

About the application

The current export approval for the Northern Territory Marine Aquarium Fishery is valid until 9 December 2016 and the fishery is now due for assessment for ongoing export accreditation. The Department of the Environment and Energy received an application, ‘Northern Territory Aquarium Fishery – Reassessment Report – October 2016’, from the Northern Territory Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries in October 2016. 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 Northern Territory Marine Aquarium Fishery as managed consistent with the Northern Territory Fisheries Act 1988 and the Fisheries Regulations 1993, 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 Northern Territory Marine Aquarium Fishery under the provisions of the Northern Territory Fisheries Act 1988 and the Fisheries Regulations 1993.

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 Marine Aquarium Fishery – Reassessment Report 2016 (PDF - 211.06 KB)
Northern Territory Marine Aquarium Fishery – Reassessment Report 2016 (DOC - 90 KB)

The call for public comments is open from 26 October 2016 until 24 November 2016.

Please submit your comments to:

The Director
Sustainable Fisheries 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 Sustainable Fisheries Section (02) 6274 1917.