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West Coast Purse Seine Managed Fishery and Development Zones and South Coast Purse Seine Managed Fishery

Environmental assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Discontinued export approval - 2012 - South Coast Purse Seine Managed Fishery

In February 2012, the Department of Fisheries Western Australia notified the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities that they would allow the South Coast Purse Seine Managed Fishery export approval to lapse until further notice. Therefore product harvested from the fishery cannot be legally exported after 4 February 2012. The Department of Fisheries Western Australia can reapply for export approval for the South Coast Purse Seine Managed Fishery at any time.

History

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Third assessment - commenced 2019

Second assessment - commenced 2008

West Coast Purse Seine Managed Fishery

South Coast Purse Seine Managed Fishery

First assessment - commenced 2005