Western Australian managed fisheries

The implementation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) allows the Australian Government to assess the environmental performance of fisheries and promote ecologically sustainable management.

An independent assessment of all export and all Australian Government managed fisheries is required. These assessments ensure that, over time, fisheries are managed in an ecologically sustainable way.

Fishery assessments under the EPBC Act

Western Australian managed fisheries
Fishery assessments Fishery export
approval expires
Abalone Fishery 30/05/2025
Abrolhos Coral and Live Rock  
Abrolhos Island and Mid West Trawl Managed Fishery 30/05/2025
Broome Prawn Managed Fishery 30/05/2025
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Aquarium Fish Fishery 30/05/2025
Exmouth Gulf Prawn Fishery 30/05/2025
Gascoyne Demersal Scalefish (Shark Bay Snapper) Fishery 30/05/2025
G-trap fishery  
Kimberley Prawn Managed Fishery 30/05/2025
Mackerel Fishery 30/05/2025
Marine Aquarium Fish Managed Fishery 21/10/2025
Northern Demersal Scalefish Managed Fishery 30/05/2025
Northern Developmental Blue Swimmer Crab Fishery Expired
Octopus Fisheries 30/05/2025
Onslow and Nickol Bay Prawn Managed Fisheries 30/05/2025
Pearl Oyster Fishery 30/05/2025
Pilbara Trap Fishery 09/01/2024
Pilbara Fish Trawl Interim Managed Fishery 19/08/2024
Salmon Managed Fisheries 30/05/2025
Sea Cucumber Fishery
(formerly Beche-de-mer Fishery)		 30/05/2025
Shark Bay Crab Interim Managed Fishery 30/05/2025
Shark Bay Prawn Fishery 30/05/2025
Shark Bay Scallop Fishery 30/05/2025
South Coast Crustacean Fishery 26/01/2024
South Coast Purse Seine Managed Fishery 05/07/2026
South Coast Trawl Fishery 30/05/2025
Specimen Shell Managed Fishery 30/05/2025
Temperate Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Fisheries
(formerly Temperate Shark)		 19/08/2024
Tropical Shark Expired
Trochus Fishery 30/05/2025
Tycraft Pty Ltd Giant Clams Expired
West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery 30/05/2025
West Coast Purse Seine Managed Fishery and Development Zones 03/02/2026
Western Australian West Coast Deep Sea Crustacean Managed Fishery 30/05/2025