Fisheries and the environment

Queensland managed fisheries

The implementation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) allows the Australian Government to assess the environmental performance of fisheries and promote ecologically sustainable management.

An independent assessment of all export and all Australian Government managed fisheries is required. These assessments ensure that, over time, fisheries are managed in an ecologically sustainable way.

Fishery assessments under the EPBC Act

Fishery assessmentsFishery export
approval expires
Blue Swimmer Crab Fishery14/10/2015
Commercial Crayfish and Rocklobster Fishery
(formerly East Coast Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery)		17/12/2015
Coral Fishery01/07/2012
Coral Reef Fin Fish Fishery 02/11/2012
Deep Water Fin Fish Fishery26/10/2012
Developmental Jellyfish FisheryExpired
Developmental Slipper Lobster FisheryExpired
East Coast Beche-de-mer Fishery17/07/2014
East Coast Inshore Fin Fish Fishery28/02/2012
East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery27/11/2013
East Coast Pearl20/01/2015
East Coast Spanish Mackerel Fishery25/05/2012
East Coast Trochus Fishery03/06/2015
Eel Fishery01/05/2014
Fin Fish (Stout Whiting) Trawl Fishery 15/08/2014
Gulf of Carpentaria Developmental Fin Fish Trawl Fishery25/11/2015
Gulf of Carpentaria Inshore Fin Fish Fishery28/09/2012
Gulf of Carpentaria Line Fishery30/08/2013
Marine Aquarium Fish Fishery21/11/2014
Marine Specimen Shell FisheryNot exporting
Moreton Bay Beche-de-mer FisheryExpired
Mud Crab Fishery25/09/2012
River and Inshore Beam Trawl Fishery15/02/2012
Rocky Reef Fin Fish Fishery27/04/2012
Spanner Crab Fishery 03/02/2017

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