Fisheries and the environment

Western Australian 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
Abalone Fishery10/09/2014
Abrolhos Island and Mid West Trawl Managed Fishery15/03/2018
Beche-de-mer Fishery29/08/2014
Broome Prawn Managed Fishery20/08/2015
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Aquarium Fish Fishery 15/09/2016
Exmouth Gulf Prawn Fishery08/02/2018
Gascoyne Demersal Scalefish (Shark Bay Snapper) Fishery30/09/2014
Kimberley Prawn Managed Fishery20/08/2015
Mackerel Fishery17/11/2014
Marine Aquarium Fish Fishery31/12/2013
Northern Demersal Scalefish Managed Fishery15/06/2015
Northern Developmental Blue Swimmer Crab FisheryExpired
Octopus Fisheries16/03/2016
Onslow and Nickol Bay Prawn Managed Fisheries20/08/2015
Pearl Oyster Fishery18/10/2013
Pilbara Trap FisheryExpired
Pilbara Trawl Fishery30 June 2013
Salmon Managed Fisheries15/11/2014
Shark Bay Crab Interim Managed Fishery30/09/2016
Shark Bay Prawn Fishery31/01/2018
Shark Bay Scallop Fishery31/01/2018
South Coast Crustacean Fishery11/11/2014
South Coast Trawl Fishery06/05/2016
Specimen Shell Managed Fishery20/05/2015
Temperate Shark28/08/2015
Tropical SharkExpired
Trochus Fishery17/08/2017
Tycraft Pty Ltd Giant Clams31/07/2013
Western Rock Lobster Fishery28/05/2015
West Coast Purse Seine Managed Fishery and South Coast Purse Seine Managed FisheryExpired
Western Australian West Coast Deep Sea Crustacean Managed Fishery03/05/2018

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