Environmental assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Current decisions
- Declaration of an approved Wildlife Trade Operation - Registered 17 December 2021, F2021N00320
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens - Registered 17 December 2021, F2021L01840
- Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 (PDF - 412.87 KB) | Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 (DOCX - 45 KB) – December 2021
Letters
- Letter to Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (PDF - 41.68 KB) | (DOCX - 80.78 KB) - December 2021
Relevant documents for assessment
- Assessment of Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery (PDF - 252.83 KB) | (DOCX - 151.39 KB) - December 2021
- Agency application on ecological sustainability - public comment open from 11 May 2021 until 15 June 2021
- Ecological Risk Assessment of the East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
History
Sixth assessment - commenced May 2021
- Declaration of an approved Wildlife Trade Operation - Registered 17 December 2021, F2021N00320
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens - Registered 17 December 2021, F2021L01840
- Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 (PDF - 412.87 KB) | Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 (DOCX - 45 KB) – December 2021
- Letter to Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (PDF - 41.68 KB) | (DOCX - 80.78 KB) - December 2021
- Assessment of Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery (PDF - 252.83 KB) | (DOCX - 151.39 KB) - December 2021
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens - Registered 30 August 2021, F2021L01209
- Letter to Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (PDF - 41.68 KB) | (DOCX - 80.78 KB) - August 2021
- Agency application on ecological sustainability - public comment open from 11 May 2021 until 15 June 2021
Fifth assessment - commenced March 2017
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens - Registered 12 November 2020, F2020L01418
- Letter to Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (PDF - 259.19 KB) | (DOCX - 85.43 KB) - November 2020
- Assessment of Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery (PDF - 252.83 KB) | (DOCX - 151.39 KB)
- Letter to Minister - March 2018 (PDF - 527.84 KB) | (DOCX - 86.19 KB)
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens - Registered Wednesday 28 March 2018, F2018L00416
- Declaration of an approved Wildlife Trade Operation - Registered Wednesday 28 March 2018, F2018N00023
- Declaration of an approved wildlife trade operation – Registered Friday 17 November 2017 F2017N00091
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Registered Friday 17 November 2017 F2017C01067
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Registered Friday 26 May 2017 F2017L00601
- Agency application on ecological sustainability - public comment open from 16 March 2017 until 13 April 2017
Fourth assessment - commenced August 2013
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – registered Friday 11 November 2016
- Assessment of Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery (PDF - 291.27 KB) | Assessment of Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery (DOCX - 219.67 KB)
- Ministerial letter (PDF - 2.16 MB)
- Declaration of an approved Wildlife Trade Operation – gazetted Wednesday 27 November 2013, C2013G01756
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens (Inclusion) – gazetted Friday 29 November 2013 C2013G01786, F2013L02004
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens (Deletion) – gazetted Friday 29 November 2013 C2013G01785, F2013L02003
- Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 (PDF - 412.87 KB) | Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 (DOC - 45 KB) – November 2013
- Agency application on ecological sustainability - public comment open from 23 August 2013 until 23 September 2013.
Third assessment - commenced June 2010
- Declaration of an Approved Wildlife Trade Operation (PDF - 274KB) | (Word - 47KB) - Gazetted Wednesday 25 January 2011, GN3
- Ministerial Decision (PDF - 850KB) | (Word - 80KB) - January 2011
- Ministerial Decision Letter (PDF - 3.9MB) | (Word - 107KB) - November 2010
- Declaration of an Approved Wildlife Trade Operation (PDF - 71KB) | (Word - 40KB) - gazetted Tuesday 21 December 2010 S227
- Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 (PDF - 46KB) | (Word - 43KB) - December 2010
- Declaration of an approved Wildlife Trade Operation (PDF - 1274KB) | (Word - 39KB) - Gazetted Monday 29 November 2010, S217
- Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 (PDF - 42KB) | (Word - 781KB)
- Ministerial Decision Letter (PDF - 42KB) | (Word - 107KB) - November 2010
- Assessment of the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl 2010
- Agency submission on ecological sustainability - call for comment closes 15 October 2010
Second assessment - commenced 2007
- Declaration of an approved Wildlife Trade Operation (Non-Syngnathids) | (RTF - 70 KB) - Gazetted Wednesday 10 December 2008, GN49
- Ministerial Decision - November 2008 (PDF - 3,832 KB) | (RTF - 99 KB)
- Department of the Environment and Heritage assessment report - November 2007
- Declarations of approved Wildlife Trade Operations - Gazetted on Tuesday 15 April 2008, GN15
- Declarations of approved Wildlife Trade Operations - Gazetted on Thursday 29 November 2007, S243
- Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 (PDF - 15 KB) - November 2008 | (RTF - 104 KB)
- Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 (PDF - 2681 KB) - April 2008
- Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 (PDF - 100 KB)
- Additional recommendations - (PDF - 2,623 KB) | (RTF - 85 KB) - May 2010
- Ministerial Decision (PDF - 45 KB) - April 2008
- Ministerial decision and recommendations - November 2007 (PDF - 385 KB)
- Agency submission on ecological sustainability - 2007
First assessment - commenced 2004
- Department of the Environment and Heritage assessment report
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens - Gazetted on Wednesday 1 December 2004, GN 48
- Declaration of an approved Wildlife Trade Operation - Gazetted on Wednesday 1 December 2004, GN 48
- Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13
- Ministerial Decision and Recommendations
- Agency submission on ecological sustainability - 2004
- Declaration of a Wildlife Trade Operation - Gazetted on Thursday 11 July 2002, S 261
- Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 - 10 July 2002
- Draft ecological sustainability report - 2001