Western Australian West Coast Purse Seine Managed Fishery - Application 2019
« Western Australian West Coast Purse Seine Managed Fishery
Environmental Assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, October 2019
Agency application on ecological sustainability
About the application
The Department of the Environment and Energy received an application; ‘Application to Department of Environment and Energy on the West Coast Purse Seine Managed Fishery and Development Zones’, and the ‘West Coast Small Pelagic Scalefish Resource Status Report 2017’ from the Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development in October 2019, seeking approval for the Western Australian West Coast Purse Seine Managed Fishery to resume its exporting operations.
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 Western Australian West Coast Purse Seine Managed Fishery as managed consistent with the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 (Western Australia), 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 Western Australian West Coast Purse Seine Managed Fishery, as managed consistent with the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 (Western Australia).
In accordance with the provisions of sections 303FR and 303DC of the EPBC Act, you are invited to comment on this proposal.
How can I get involved?
Download the application
Application to Department of Environment and Energy on the West Coast Purse Seine Managed Fishery and Development Zones (PDF - 1.75 MB)
West Coast Small Pelagic Scalefish Resource Status Report 2017 (PDF - 1.93 MB)
The call for public comments is open from 18 October 2019 until 18 November 2019.
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 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.