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Environmental Assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, May 2021
Agency application on ecological sustainability
About the application
Export approval for the Western Australian Temperate Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Fisheries expires on 20 August 2021. In May 2021, the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment received an application ‘Assessment of the Western Australian Temperate Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Fisheries’ from the Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. The application has been prepared to address the Australian Government ‘Guidelines for the ecologically sustainable management of fisheries – 2nd edition’. The application will be used to assess the operation of the fishery for the purposes of Parts 13 and 13A of the EPBC Act.
Consideration will be given to:
- declaring the Western Australian Temperate Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Fisheries, as managed consistent with the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Act 1994 and the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Regulations 1995, 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 Temperate Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Fisheries, as managed consistent with the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Act 1994 and the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Regulations 1995.
In accordance with the provisions of sections 303FR and 303DC of the EPBC Act, you are invited to comment on this proposal.
How can I get involved?
Download the application
Western Australia’s Temperate Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Fishery Submission to the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (PDF - 1.32 MB)
Western Australia’s Temperate Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Fishery Submission to the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DOCX - 1.78 MB)
- Resource Assessment Report Temperate Demersal Elasmobranch Resource of Western Australia - Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Australian sea lion gillnet exclusion zones map (PDF - 1.02 MB)
The call for public comments is open from 10 May 2021 until 8 June 2021.
Please email your comments to: sustainablefisheries@awe.gov.au.
Submissions may also be posted to:
The Director
Wildlife Trade Assessments Section
Department of Agriculture, Water, and the Environment
GPO Box 858
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Any comments received will form part of the documentation provided to the Australian Government Minister for the Environment, or Minister’s delegate 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, please contact the Director of the Wildlife Trade Assessments Section by emailing sustainablefisheries@awe.gov.au.