Sustainable Fisheries
Environmental assessment under the EPBC Act
Department of Fisheries, Western Australia, June 2004
Under the Australian Government's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, to be exempt from export controls for native species harvested in a fishery, management agencies must demonstrate that fisheries management regimes comply with the objectives of ecologically sustainable development. The Australian Government's Department of Environment and Heritage has prepared publicly available guidelines, 'Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries' (The Guidelines) on which management agencies are required to base their submissions.
This document is available as a PDF file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view it.
A hard copy of the submission can be mailed to you on request. Please contact the Sustainable Fisheries Section on (02) 62741917 or email sustainablefisheries@environment.gov.au