New South Wales Ocean Trawl Fishery
Submission for environmental assessment under the EPBC Act
NSW Department of Primary Industry, 2008
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About the submission
The current export approval for the NSW Ocean Trawl Fishery is valid until 28 November 2008 and the fishery is now due for assessment for ongoing export accreditation. The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) received a submission - Submission to the Department of the Environment, Heritage, Water and the Arts on behalf the NSW fishing industry seeking ongoing export approval for the NSW Ocean Trawl Fishery - September 2008 from the NSW Department of Primary Industry in September 2008. The report has been prepared to address the Australian Government Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries, 2nd edition (the Guidelines) and to provide updates on the implementation of recommendations made in the original DEWHA assessment. The submission 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 NSW Ocean Trawl Fishery as managed consistent with the Fisheries Management Act 1994 and the Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2002 as an Approved Wildlife Trade Operation under section 303FN of the EPBC Act; and
- including on the list of exempt native specimens, specimens harvested in the NSW Ocean Trawl Fishery as managed consistent with the Fisheries Management Act 1994 and the Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2002.
In accordance with the provisions of sections 303FR and 303DC of the EPBC Act, you are invited to comment on this proposal.
The public comment period opens Wednesday 17 September 2008 and the closing date for comments is Thursday 16 October 2008.
The submission is available for downloading above.
Please submit your comments to the address below:
The Director
Sustainable Fisheries Policy and Assessment Section
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601
Submissions may also be sent by fax to (02) 6275 9374 or email
sustainablefisheries@environment.gov.au
Any comments received will form part of the documentation provided to the Australian Government Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts 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 Policy and Assessment Section on (02) 6274 1917.
See also
- More about the New South Wales Ocean Trawl Fishery
- Australian Government Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries (the Guidelines)
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