Queensland East Coast Fin Fish Fishery
Agency submission for environmental assessment under the EPBC Act
Fisheries Queensland, 2011
Agency submission on ecological sustainability
About the submission
The current export approval for the Queensland East Coast Fin Fish Fishery expires on 28 February 2012 and the fishery is now due for assessment for ongoing export accreditation. In September 2011, the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities received a submission from Fisheries Queensland, for consideration in the reassessment of the Queensland East Coast Fin Fish Fishery under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
The submission has been prepared to address the Australian Government Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries - 2nd edition. It provides information on:
- actions taken in response to the conditions of the 2008 approved wildlife trade operation declaration for the fishery;
- the implementation of recommendations made in the 2008 Australian Government assessment of the fishery;
- changes to management arrangements since the 2008 assessment; and
- the status of fish stocks in the fishery.
The submission will be used to assess the management arrangements of the fishery for the purposes of Part 13 and Part 13A of the EPBC Act.
Consideration will be given to:
- declaring the Queensland East Coast Inshore Fin Fish Fishery as managed consistent with the Queensland Fisheries Act 1994 and the Queensland Fisheries Regulation 2008, 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 Queensland East Coast Inshore Fin Fish Fishery under the provisions of the Queensland Fisheries Act 1994 and the Queensland Fisheries Regulation 2008.
- In accordance with the provisions of sections 303FR and 303DC of the EPBC Act, you are invited to comment on this proposal.
Download the submission
- Annual status report 2010 - East Cost Inshore Fin Fish Fishery (PDF - 529 KB)
- East Coast Inshore Fin Fish Fishery 2011 - Progress against SEWPaC conditions and recommendations (PDF - 173 KB)
- Review of management arrangements for the east coast Queensland shark fishery - 2011 - Wildlife Trade Operation Condition 8 (PDF - 140 KB)
- Implementation and continued improvement of Queensland's harvest strategy for sharks - Wildlife Trade Operation Condition 9 (PDF - 115 KB)
- Assessment of the conservation benefits of net fishing closures north of Cooktown and in important habitats for dugong, inshore dolphins, sawfish and speartooth shark - Wildlife Trade Operation Condition 12 (PDF - 114 KB)
- Review of commercial fishing in the East Coast Inshore Fin Fish Fishery - Wildlife Trade Operation Condition 16 (PDF - 132 KB)
- Fishery observation in the East Coast Inshore Fin Fish Fishery - August 2011 (PDF - 307 KB)
- Plan for Assessment of Queensland East Coast Shark Resources 2009-14 (PDF - 476 KB)
Public comments will be received between 12 September 2011 and 21 October 2011.
Please submit your comments to the address below.
The Director
Sustainable Fisheries Section
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
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 Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 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.
See also
- More about the Queensland East Coast Inshore Fin Fish Fishery
- Australian Government Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries (the Guidelines)
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