COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

 

 

I, PAUL MURPHY, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy, have considered in accordance with section 303FN of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) the application from the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, public comments on the proposal as required under section 303FR and advice on the ecological sustainability of the operation. I am satisfied on those matters specified in section 303FN of the EPBC Act. I hereby declare the operation that is specified in column 1 of Table 1, to be an approved Wildlife Trade Operation in accordance with subsection 303FN(2) and paragraph 303FN(10)(d), for the purposes of the EPBC Act, but only to the extent the operation relates to the class of specimens specified in column 2 of Table 1.

 

Table 1

Operation

Class of Specimens

Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery as defined in the Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) Management Plan 2010 in force under the Queensland Fisheries Act 1994.

Specimens that are, or are derived from, fish or invertebrates, including the listed marine species Solegnathus dunckeri and Solegnathus hardwickii but excluding all other specimens of species listed under Part 13 of the EPBC Act (other than a species listed in the conservation dependent category), and specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia’s CITES list).

 

Unless amended or revoked, this declaration:

a)             is subject to the conditions applied under section 303FT specified in the Schedule.

 

 

Dated this 16th day of November 2017

 

 

 

………….…….………Paul Murphy…………………………

Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy

 

 

 

 

 

A person whose interests are affected by this declaration may, within 28 days, make an application in writing to the Department of the Environment and Energy for the reasons for the decision.

 

An application for independent review of the decision (under section 303GJ(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), on payment of the relevant fee by the applicant, either within 28 days of receipt of the reasons for the decision, or within 28 days of this declaration if reasons for the decision are not sought. Applications should be made to the Deputy Registrar, AAT in your Capital City. Please visit the AAT’s website at http://www.aat.gov.au/ for further information.

 

You may make an application under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) to access documents relevant to this decision. For further information, please visit http://www.environment.gov.au/foi/index.html.

 

Further enquiries should be directed to the Director, Sustainable Fisheries Section, Department of the Environment and Energy, Telephone: (02) 6274 1917 Email: sustainablefisheries@environment.gov.au.


SCHEDULE

 

Declaration of the Harvest Operations of the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery as an approved wildlife trade operation, November 2017

 

ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS (section 303FT)

 

  1.    Unless otherwise amended or revoked, this declaration is valid until 30 March 2018.