Tycraft Pty Ltd Giant Clams - Agency application 2015
Environmental Assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Western Australia Department of Fisheries September 2015
Agency application on ecological sustainability
About the application
The Department of the Environment received an application, Application for approval of a Wildlife Trade Operation, from Tycraft Pty Ltd in September 2015. 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 13A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
Consideration will be given to:
- declaring the harvest of Tridacna maxima and Tridacna derasa by Tycraft Pty Ltd in the waters of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands as an approved wildlife trade operation under section 303FN of the EPBC Act.
In accordance with the provisions of sections 303FR of the EPBC Act, you are invited to comment on this proposal.
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Application: Tycraft Pty Ltd Giant Clams (PDF - 92.21 KB)
Application: Tycraft Pty Ltd Giant Clams (DOCX - 31.43 KB)
The call for public comments is open from 9 September 2015 until 12 October 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.