Queensland Coral Fishery - Agency application 2015
Environmental Assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Queensland Fisheries - April 2015
Application on ecological sustainability
About the application
The current export approval for the Queensland Coral Fishery is valid until 26 June 2015 and the fishery is now due for assessment for ongoing export accreditation. The Department of the Environment received an application, Submission for the reassessment of the Queensland Coral Fishery Wildlife Trade Operation approval under the EPBC Act 1999, from the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries in April 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 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 Queensland Coral Fishery, as managed consistent with the Queensland Fisheries Act 1994, and the Queensland Fisheries Regulations 2008, 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 Queensland Coral Fishery under the provisions of the Queensland Fisheries Act 1994, and the Queensland Fisheries Regulations 2008.
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
The call for public comments is open from 20 April 2015 until 18 May 2015.
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.