Coral Sea Fishery
Strategic assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Current decisions
- Declaration of an approved Wildlife Trade Operation – Registered 8 January 2021, F2021N00009
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Registered 8 January 2021, F2021L00040
- Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 (PDF - 61.44 KB)
- Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 (DOCX - 31.93 KB)
Letters
- Letter to AFMA CEO - December 2020 (PDF - 409.02 KB)
- Letter to AFMA CEO - December 2020 (DOCX - 82.26 KB)
Relevant documents for assessment
- Assessment of the Coral Sea Fishery (PDF - 491.2 KB)
- Assessment of the Coral Sea Fishery (DOCX - 166.67 KB)
- Agency application on ecological sustainability - public comment open from 5 November 2020 - 4 December 2020
History
Sixth assessment - commenced November 2020
- Declaration of an approved Wildlife Trade Operation – Registered 8 January 2021, F2021N00009
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Registered 8 January 2021, F2021L00040
- Agency application on ecological sustainability - public comment open from 5 November 2020 - 4 December 2020
- Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 (PDF - 61.44 KB)
- Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 (DOCX - 31.93 KB)
- Letter to AFMA CEO - December 2020 (PDF - 409.02 KB)
- Letter to AFMA CEO - December 2020 (DOCX - 82.26 KB)
- Assessment of the Coral Sea Fishery (PDF - 491.2 KB)
- Assessment of the Coral Sea Fishery (DOCX - 166.67 KB)
Fifth assessment - commenced February 2017
- Assessment of the Coral Sea Fishery (PDF - 228.34 KB) | (DOCX - 136.39 KB)
- Declaration of an approved Wildlife Trade Operation – Registered 21 December 2017, F2017N00110
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Registered 21 December 2017, F2017L01695
- Decision letter to Senator the Hon. Anne Ruston (PDF - 124.96 KB) | (DOCX - 105.81 KB)
- Decision letter to Chair of AFMA, Ms Helen Kroger (PDF - 124.1 KB) | (DOCX - 105.76 KB)
- Commonwealth Coral Sea Fishery - public comment open from 23 February 2017 - 30 March 2017
Fourth assessment - commenced August 2013
- Declaration of an approved Wildlife Trade Operation – Registered 29 June 2017, F2017N00045
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Registered 29 June 2017, F2017L00798
- Letter to Australian Fisheries Management Authority June 2017 (PDF - 288.89 KB)
- Letter to Australian Fisheries Management Authority June 2017 (DOCX - 77.18 KB)
- Declaration of an approved Wildlife Trade Operation – Registered 17 November 2016, F2016N00028
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Registered 17 November 2016, F2016L01771
- Proposal to declare an approved wildlife trade operation under Part 13A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) for CITES listed species taken in the Coral Sea Fishery - public comment open from 7 October 2016 - 8 November 2016
- Declaration of an approved Wildlife Trade Operation – gazetted Wednesday 20 November 2013, C2013G01717
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens (Inclusion) – Wednesday 20 November 2013 C2013G01716 F2013L01950
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens (Deletion) – Wednesday 20 November 2013 C2013G01715 F2013L01951
- Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 - November 2013 (PDF - 261.83 KB)
- Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 - November 2013 (DOCX - 23.64 KB)
- Letter to Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck, Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture (PDF - 1.49 MB)
- Letter to Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck, Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture (DOCX - 249.65 KB)
- Letter to the Hon Michael Egan, Chairman Australian Fisheries Management Authority (PDF - 1.31 MB)
- Letter to the Hon Michael Egan, Chairman Australian Fisheries Management Authority (DOCX - 250.41 KB)
- Agency submission on ecological sustainability - public comment open from 3 September 2013 until 4 October 2013
Third assessment - commenced July 2010
- Amendments to the List of Exempt Native Specimens - Inclusion (PDF - 224KB) | (RTF - 33KB) - Gazetted Friday 19 November 2010 S210 - 14740, F2010L03058
- Amendments to the List of Exempt Native Specimens - Deletion (PDF - 218KB) | (RTF - 44KB) - Gazetted Friday 19 November 2010 S210 - 14740, F2010L03057
- Variation to a declaration of an approved Wildlife Trade Operation (PDF - 371KB) | (RTF - 97KB) - Gazetted Friday 19 November 2010 S210 - 14740
- Letter to the Hon Joseph Ludwig, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (PDF - 3656KB) | (RTF - 2943KB)
- Letter to the Hon Michael Egan, Chairman Australian Fisheries Management Authority (PDF - 3674KB) | (RTF - 2941KB)
- Agency submission on ecological sustainability - Call for comment closed 18 October 2010
Second assessment - commenced 2007
- Variation to a declaration of an approved Wildlife Trade Operation (PDF - 47 KB) | (RTF - 58 KB) - gazetted on Wednesday 19 May 2010, S 76
- Variation to a declaration of an Approved Wildlife Trade Operation - Gazetted Thursday 19 November 2009, S195 (PDF - 208 KB) | (RTF - 57 KB)
- Variation to a declaration of an Approved Wildlife Trade Operation (PDF - 76 KB) | (RTF - 58 KB) - September 2009 Gazetted Friday 18 September 2009, S147
- Variation to a declaration of an Approved Wildlife Trade Operation (PDF - 90KB) | (RTF - 106 KB) - June 2009
- Agency submission on ecological sustainability - Call for comment closed 25 February 2009
- Letter to Dr Nick Rayns, AFMA, confirming condition 4 has been met (PDF - 444 KB) - July 2008
- Department of the Environment and Water Resources assessment report - November 2007
- Amendments to the List of Exempt Native Specimens - Gazetted Monday 19 November 2007, S232
- Declaration of an approved Wildlife Trade Operation (PDF - 25 KB) - Gazetted on Monday 19 November 2007, S232
- Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the purposes of Part 13 (PDF - 26 KB) - November 2007
- Letter to the Hon Tony Rundle, AFMA Chairman (PDF - 53 KB) - November 2007
- Letter to the Hon Eric Abetz, Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation (PDF - 52 KB) - November 2007
- Agency submission on ecological sustainability - August 2007
First assessment - commenced 2004
- Department of the Environment and Heritage assessment report
- Amendments to the List of Exempt Native Specimens - Gazetted on Wednesday 1 December 2004, GN 48
- Declaration of an approved Wildlife Trade Operation - Gazetted on Wednesday 1 December 2004, GN 48
- Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the purposes of Part 13
- Accreditation of a plan of management and declaration pursuant to section 33
- Ministerial decision and recommendations
- Agency submission on ecological sustainability - 2004