Shark Bay Crab Interim Managed Fishery
Agency submission for environmental assessment under the EPBC Act
Department of Fisheries Western Australia, 2011
Agency submission on ecological sustainability
About the submission
The current export approval for the Western Australian Shark Bay Crab Interim Managed Fishery is valid until 28 July 2011 and the fishery is now due for assessment for ongoing export accreditation. The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DSEWPaC) received a submission - Application to Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities on the Shark Bay (Interim) Managed Fishery Against the Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries from the Western Australian Department of Fisheries in June 2011. The report has been prepared to address the Australian Government Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries, 2nd edition (the Guidelines) and to provide updates on the implementation of recommendations made in the previous DSEWPaC assessment. The submission will be used to assess the operation of the fishery for the purposes of 13A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
Consideration will be given to:
- declaring the Western Australian Shark Bay Crab Interim Managed Fishery as managed consistent with the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Act 1994 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 Western Australian Shark Bay Crab Interim Managed Fishery under the provisions of the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Act 1994.
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
- The agency submission - Application to Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities on the Shark Bay (Interim) Managed Fishery Against the Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries (PDF - 101KB)
- Attachment A - State of the Fisheries Reports (PDF - 1490KB)
- Attachment B - 2011 Shark Bay Crab stock assessment summary (PDF - 3572KB)
Public comments will be received between 1 July 2011 and 2 August 2011.
Electronic copies of the submission and the Guidelines are available from the DSEWPaC website at http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/fisheries/index.html or a hard copy can be mailed to you upon request.
Please submit your comments to the address below.
The Director
Sustainable Fisheries Section
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communitiesv
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 Western Australian Shark Bay Crab Interim Managed Fishery
- Australian Government Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries (the Guidelines)
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