Torres Strait Prawn Fishery
Environmental assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Current decisions
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Registered 21 December 2017, F2017L01695
- Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 (PDF - 384KB) | (Word - 36KB) - March 2013
Letters
- 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)
Relevant documents for assessment
- Assessment of the Torres Strait Prawn Trawl Fishery (PDF - 209.33 KB) | (DOCX - 133.31 KB)
- Agency application on ecological sustainability - comments open 26 April 2017 until 31 May 2017
History
Fourth assessment - commenced April 2017
- Assessment of the Torres Strait Prawn Trawl Fishery (PDF - 209.33 KB) | (DOCX - 133.31 KB)
- 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)
- Agency application on ecological sustainability - comments open 26 April 2017 until 31 May 2017
Third assessment - commenced November 2011
- 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)
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens - 28 September 2016 F2016L01572
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens - Variation - Gazetted 15 March 2016 F2016L00314
- Assessment of the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery (PDF - 1043KB) | (Word - 1147KB) - March 2013
- Declaration of an approved Wildlife Trade Operation - gazetted Wednesday 20 March 2013, GN11
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens - Inclusion - gazetted Wednesday 20 March 2013, GN11. F2013L00492
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens - Deletion - gazetted Wednesday 20 March 2013, GN11. F2013L00491
- Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the Purposes of Part 13 (PDF - 384KB) | (Word - 36KB) - March 2013
- Letter to Senator Ludwig (PDF - 1835KB) | (Word - 129KB) - March 2013
- Letter to AFMA (PDF - 1835KB) | (Word - 128KB) - March 2013
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimen (PDF - 437KB) | (Word - 41KB) - gazetted Wednesday 8 August 2012, GN31, F2012L01659
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens (PDF - 583KB) | (Word - 41KB) - Gazetted Wednesday 4 April 2012, GN13, F2012L00766
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens (PDF - 583KB) | (Word - 41KB) - Gazetted Wednesday 22 February 2012, GN7, F2012L00337
- Agency submission on ecological sustainability - comments open from 23 November 2011 until 22 December 2011
Second assessment - commenced 2007
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens (PDF - 43 KB) | (RTF - 36 KB) - Registered 26 February 2009, F2009L00730
- Declaration of an approved Wildlife Trade Operation (PDF - 78 KB) | (RTF - 70 KB) - Gazetted Wednesday 25 February 2009, S35
- Accreditation of a Plan of Management for the purposes of Part 13 (PDF - 20 KB) | (RTF - 45 KB) - Gazetted Thursday 27 February 2009, S35 - February 2009
- Amendment to the List of Exempt Native Specimens - Inclusion - Registered Thursday 20 November 2008, F2008L04364
- Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts assessment report (PDF - 134 KB) | (RTF - 1155 KB) - February 2009
- Agency submission on ecological sustainability - 2007
First assessment - commenced 2004
- Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens - Registered on Wednesday 30 November 2005, F2005L03848
- Declaration of an approved Wildlife Trade Operation - Gazetted Wednesday 30 November 2005, S217
- 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 Decisions
- Department of the Environment and Heritage assessment report
- Agency submission on ecological sustainability - 2004