« Queensland Gulf of Carpentaria Line Fishery
Environmental Assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, July 2016
Agency application on ecological sustainability
About the application
The current export approval for the Queensland Gulf of Carpentaria Line Fishery is valid until 24 November 2016 and the fishery is now due for assessment for ongoing export accreditation. The Department of the Environment and Energy received an application, ‘Submission for the reassessment of the Queensland Gulf of Carpentaria Line Fishery Wildlife Trade Operation approval under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity and Conservation Act 1999’, from the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries in July 2016. 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 any conditions or 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 Queensland Gulf of Carpentaria Line Fishery as managed consistent with the Queensland Fisheries Act 1994 and the Queensland Fisheries Regulation 2008, 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 Queensland Gulf of Carpentaria Line Fishery under the provisions of the Queensland Fisheries Act 1994 and the Queensland Fisheries Regulation 2008.
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
The call for public comments is open from 15 August 2016 until 14 September 2016.
Please submit your comments to:
The Director
Sustainable Fisheries Section
Department of the Environment and Energy
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