Western Australian Temperate Shark - application 2018

« Western Australian Joint Authority Southern Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Managed Fishery, and the West Coast Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline [Interim] Managed Fishery (Temperate Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Fisheries)

Environmental Assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, July 2018.

Agency application on ecological sustainability

About the application

The current export approval for the Western Australian Temperate Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Fisheries, is valid until 24 August 2018 and the fisheries are 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 and Energy, Western Australia’s Temperate Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Fisheries, from the Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development on 2 July 2018. 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 and/or conditions made in the previous Australian Government assessment. The application will be used to assess the operation of the fisheries 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 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.

Download the application

Application to the Department of the Environment and Energy, Western Australia’s Temperate Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Fisheries (PDF - 815.9 KB)

Appendix 1 – Temperate Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Managed Fishery Status Report (PDF - 7.46 KB)

Appendix 2 – Joint Authority Southern Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Limited Entry Fishery Notice 1992 (JASDGDLF Management Plan) (PDF - 429.3 KB)

Appendix 3 – West Coast Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Interim Managed Fishery Management Plan 1997 (WCDGDLF Management Plan) (PDF - 292.6 KB)

Appendix 4 – ASL Gillnet Exclusion Zones Map Coordinates (2018) (PDF - 1.02 MB)

The call for public comments is open from 6 July 2018 until 7 August 2018.

Please submit your comments to:

The Director
Wildlife Trade Assessments Section
Department of the Environment and Energy
GPO Box 787
CANBERRA ACT 2601

Submissions may also be emailed 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 Wildlife Trade Assessments Section (02) 6274 1917.