Victorian Scallop (Ocean) Fishery - Application 2020
« Victorian Scallop (Ocean) Fishery
Environmental Assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Victorian Fisheries Authority, August 2020
Agency application on ecological sustainability
About the application
The current export approval for the Victorian Scallop (Ocean) Fishery is valid until 27 November 2020 and the fishery is now due for assessment for ongoing export accreditation. The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment received an application ‘2020 EPBC Act Export Application Ocean Scallop Fishery’ from the Victorian Fisheries Authority, in August 2020. The application has been prepared to address the Australian Government ‘Guidelines for the ecologically sustainable management of fisheries – 2nd edition’ and to provide updates on the implementation of recommendations made in the previous Australian Government assessment. The application will be used to assess the operation of the fishery for the purposes of Parts 13 and 13A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
Consideration will be given to:
- declaring the Victorian Scallop (Ocean) Fishery, as managed consistent with the Fisheries Act 1995 (Victoria) and the Fisheries Regulations 2019 (Victoria) 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 Victorian Scallop (Ocean) Fishery, as managed consistent with the Fisheries Act 1995 (Victoria) and the Fisheries Regulations 2019 (Victoria).
In accordance with the provisions of sections 303FR and 303DC of the EPBC Act, you are invited to comment on this proposal.
How can I get involved?
Download the application
2020 EPBC Act Export Application Ocean Scallop Fishery (PDF - 787.67 KB)
2020 EPBC Act Export Application Ocean Scallop Fishery (DOCX - 7.67 MB)
The call for public comments is open from 21 August 2020 until 21 September 2020.
Please submit your comments to:
The Director
Wildlife Trade Assessments Section
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
GPO Box 858
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Submissions may also be emailed to sustainablefisheries@awe.gov.au.
Any comments received will form part of the documentation provided to the Australian Government Minister for the Environment 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 Wildlife Trade Assessments Section (02) 6274 1917.