Victorian Scallop (Ocean) Fishery - Application 2015
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Environmental Assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Victorian Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, December 2015
Application on ecological sustainability
About the application
The current export approval for the Victorian Scallop (Ocean) Fishery is valid until 5 August 2016 and the fishery is now due for assessment for ongoing export accreditation. The Department of the Environment received an application, ‘The Victorian Scallop (Ocean) Fishery – Information to inform assessment of the Victorian Scallop (Ocean) Fishery under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999’ from the Victorian Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources in October 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 Victorian Scallop (Ocean) Fishery, as managed consistent with the Victorian Fisheries Act 1995 and the 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 Fisheries Act 1995 and the Fisheries Regulations 2009 under the provisions of the Victorian Fisheries Act 1995.
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
Scallop (Ocean) Fishery Total Allowable Commercial Catch 2015/16 (PDF - 104.56 KB)
The call for public comments is open from 11 December 2015 until 29 January 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.