« Western Australian Marine Aquarium Fish Managed Fishery
Environmental Assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Western Australian Department of Fisheries September 2016
Agency application on ecological sustainability
About the application
The current export approval for the Western Australian Marine Aquarium Fish Managed Fishery is valid until 20 October 2016 and the fishery is now due for assessment for ongoing export accreditation. The Department of the Environment and Energy received an application, ‘Application to the Department of the Environment on the Marine Aquarium Fish Managed Fishery and the take of Marine Aquarium Species for the Aquaculture Broodstock Purposes’ and associated documents from the Western Australian Department of Fisheries in September 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 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 Western Australian Marine Aquarium Fish Managed Fishery, as managed consistent with the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Act 1994 and the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Regulations 1995, and in accordance with permits issued under the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Act 1994, 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 Marine Aquarium Fish Managed Fishery under the provisions of the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Act 1994 and the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Regulations 1995, and in accordance with permits issued under the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Act 1994.
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
Application to the Department of the Environment on the Marine Aquarium Fish Managed Fishery and the take of Marine Aquarium Species for the Aquaculture Broodstock Purposes (PDF - 146.08 KB)
Marine Aquarium Fish Managed Fishery Plan 1995 (PDF - 1.5 MB)
Prohibition on Fishing (Coral, ‘Live Rock’ and Algae) Order 2007 (PDF - 1.69 MB)
Ministerial Exemption No. 2748 – Fish Resources Management Act 1994, Section 7(2) (e) – Instrument of Exemption (PDF - 124.04 KB)
Extract of the Status Reports of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources of Western Australia for the Marine Aquarium Fish Managed Fishery 2013/14 (PDF - 1.11 MB)
Extract of the Status Reports of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources of Western Australia for the Marine Aquarium Fish Managed Fishery 2014/15 (PDF - 1.13 MB)
Summary of harvest of CITES listed species (PDF - 48.68 KB)
The call for public comments is open from 19 September 2016 until 18 October 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 and Energy 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.