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East Coast Inshore Fin Fish Fishery - application 2018

« Queensland East Coast Inshore Fin Fish Fishery

Environmental Assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries July 2018

Agency application on ecological sustainability

About the application

The current export approval for the Queensland East Coast Inshore Fin Fishery is valid until 28 September 2018 and the fishery is now due for assessment for ongoing export accreditation. The Department of the Environment and Energy received an application, Submission for the reassessment of the Queensland East Coast Inshore Fin Fish Fishery Wildlife Trade Operation approval under the EPBC Act, from the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries in July 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 Queensland East Coast Inshore Fin Fishery, as managed consistent with the Fisheries Act 1994 (Qld) and the Fisheries Regulation 2008 (Qld), 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 East Coast Inshore Fin Fishery as managed consistent with the Fisheries Act 1994 (Qld) and the Fisheries Regulation 2008 (Qld).

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

Submission for the reassessment of the Queensland East Coast Inshore Fin Fish Fishery Wildlife Trade Operation (PDF - 259.37 KB)
Submission for the reassessment of the Queensland East Coast Inshore Fin Fish Fishery Wildlife Trade Operation (DOCX - 1.16 MB)

The call for public comments is open from 6 July 2018 until 13 August 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.