Victoria Corner Inlet Fishery- Agency application 2016

« Victoria Corner Inlet Fishery

Environmental Assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Victorian Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources March 2016

Agency application on ecological sustainability

About the application

The Department of the Environment received an application, ‘The Corner Inlet Fishery: information to inform assessment of the Victorian Corner Inlet Fishery under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999’ and any other reports, from the Victorian Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources in March 2016. The application has been prepared to address the Australian Government ‘Guidelines for the ecologically sustainable management of fisheries – 2nd edition’. 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 Victorian Corner Inlet Fishery, as managed consistent with the Victorian Fisheries Act 1995 and the Victorian Fisheries Regulations 2009, 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 Victorian Corner Inlet Fishery under the provisions of the Victorian Fisheries Act 1995 and the Victorian Fisheries Regulations 2009.

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 Corner Inlet Fishery: information to inform assessment of the Victorian Corner Inlet Fishery under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (PDF - 710.88 KB)

Victorian Bays and Inlets Fisheries Association (VBIFA) environmental management system 2013 (PDF - 3.32 MB)

Corner Inlet and Nooramunga Fishery Assessment 2012 - Fisheries Victoria assessment report series no. 68 (PDF - 1.2 MB)

Rock Flathead Stock Assessment 2012 – Fisheries Victoria science report series no. 1 (PDF - 714.54 KB)

The call for public comments is open from 22 March 2016 until 26 April 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.