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• Overview - Environmental Impact Statement (PDF - 164 KB)
• Estuary Prawn Trawl Environmental Impact Statement (PDF - 143 KB)

• Volume 1
  • Chapter A - Executive Summary (PDF - 164 KB)
  • Chapter B - Review of the Existing Operation of the Fishery (PDF - 166 KB)
  • Chapter C - The Draft Fishery Management Strategy (PDF - 393 KB)
  • Chapter D- Consideration of Alternate Management Regimes (PDF - 177 KB)

• Volume 2
  • Chapter E - Impact on the Fisheries Resources (PDF - 254 KB)
  • Chapter F - Impact on the Biophysical Environment (PDF - 312 KB)
  • Chapter G and H - Economic Issues and Social Issues (PDF - 104 KB)
  • Chapter I - Justification for the Proposed Commercial Fishing Activity (PDF - 86 KB)
  • Chapter J - References (PDF - 117 KB)

• Volume 3
  • Appendix A1 to A3 (PDF - 351 KB)
  • Appendix B1 and B2 (PDF - 134 KB)
  • Appendix B3 and B4 (PDF - 173 KB)
  • Appendix B5 (PDF - 597 KB)
  • Appendix B6 (PDF - 96 KB)
  • Appendix B7(PDF - 230 KB)
  • Appendix B8 (PDF - 338 KB)
  • Appendix E1 (PDF - 306 KB)
  • Appendix F1 to F4 (PDF - 88 KB)

• Volume 4 (Consultants' Reports)
  • Appendix CF1 - Estuary Prawn Trawl EIA Report (SMEC Australia) (PDF - 108 KB)
  • Appendix CG1 - Economic Issues (Dominion Pty Ltd) (PDF - 290 KB)
  • Appendix CH1 - Social Issues (Dominion Pty Ltd) (PDF - 211 KB)
  • Appendix CH2 - NSW Estuary Prawn Trawl Fishery - Management Strategy Assessments of Impacts on Heritage and Indigenous Issues (Umwelt Australia Pty Ltd) (PDF - 717)

Executive summary

In December 2000, the NSW Government made changes to the way fisheries are managed in NSW. These changes place increased emphasis on ensuring that fishing activities are environmentally sustainable.

The changes require the development of fishery management strategies for each major commercial fishery, the recreational fishery, the recreational charter boat fishery, fish stocking programs and for the beach safety (shark) meshing program. They also require an assessment of the environmental impact of those fisheries. The draft fishery management strategy and environmental impact assessment for the Estuary Prawn Trawl Fishery are joined together in this document termed the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the fishery. Its structure us based on guidelines produced by planning NSW.

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