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Queensland Ocean Beach Fishery – Agency Application 2021

« Queensland Ocean Beach Fishery

Environmental Assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, February 2021

Agency application on ecological sustainability

About the application

The Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries has submitted an application to the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment for export accreditation for the Queensland Ocean Beach Fishery. The application has been prepared to address the Australian ‘Government Guidelines for the ecologically sustainable management of fisheries - 2nd edition’. The application will be used to assess the operation of the fishery for the purposes of Part 13 and Part 13A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).

Consideration will be given to:

  • declaring the Queensland Ocean Beach Fishery as managed consistent with the Fisheries Act 1994 (Queensland) and Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019, Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019, Fisheries Declaration 2019 and Fisheries Quota Declaration 2019 (Queensland), 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 Queensland Ocean Beach Fishery under the provisions of the Fisheries Act 1994 (Queensland) and Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019, Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019, Fisheries Declaration 2019 and Fisheries Quota Declaration 2019 (Queensland).

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

Submission for the reassessment of the Queensland Ocean Beach Fishery Wildlife Trade Operation approval (PDF - 924.14 KB)
Submission for the reassessment of the Queensland Ocean Beach Fishery Wildlife Trade Operation approval (DOCX - 581.07 KB)

The call for public comments is open from 22 February 2021 until 25 March 2021.

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, or Minister’s delegate 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, please contact the Director of the Wildlife Trade Assessments Section by emailing sustainablefisheries@awe.gov.au.