COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
DECLARATION OF AN APPROVED WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION
(EXISTING STOCKS) FOR TYCRAFT PTY LTD TO EXPORT LIVE JUVENILE TRIDACNA MAXIMA GIANT CLAMS, APRIL 2026
I, JESSICA HOEY, Director, Sustainable Fisheries and CITES Policy section, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water, have considered in accordance with section 303FN of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), the application from the Commonwealth Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communication and the Arts, public comments on the proposal as required under section 303FR and the criteria set out in subsection 9A.20(5) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2025. I am satisfied the matters specified in section 303FN of the EPBC Act and Regulation 9A.20(5) have been met.
I hereby declare that Tycraft Pty Ltd is a wildlife trade operation (existing stocks) as defined by subsection 303FN(10)(f) and Regulation 9A.20(4) and (5) for Tridacna maxima giant clams.
Unless amended or revoked, this declaration:
a) is valid until 7 April 2031 and;
b) is subject to the conditions applied under section 303FT specified in Schedule 1.
This instrument commences on 8 April 2026.
Dated this 7th day of April 2026
JESSICA HOEY
………….…….………………………………
Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water
Notes:
- Under the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024, a person whose interests are affected by this decision may apply for a statement of reasons and for independent review of the decision. An application for a statement of reasons may be made in writing to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water within 28 days of the date of the declaration. An application for independent review may be made to the Administrative Review Tribunal on payment of the relevant fee within 28 days of the date of the declaration, or if reasons are sought, within 28 days of receipt of reasons. Further information may be obtained from the Director, Sustainable Fisheries Section, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Email: sustainablefisheries@dcceew.gov.au.
- Australia’s obligations under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) are met through Part 13A of the EPBC Act. Specimens of species listed in Appendix II of Taxa listed in the CITES Appendices under section 303CA of the EPBC Act may only be exported, under a CITES export permit issued under the EPBC Act, if Australia’s CITES Scientific Authority has issued a non-detriment finding for that species. Further information is available from https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/wildlife-trade/cites.
Schedule 1
Declaration of an approved wildlife trade operation (existing stocks) for Tycraft Pty Ltd, April 2026
ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS (section 303FT)
Condition 1
This approval covers only those Tridacna maxima specimens that were produced by Tycraft Pty Ltd between 15 April 2022 and 10 September 2025.
Condition 2
Tycraft Pty Ltd must continue to operate in a manner that is consistent with the requirements set out in its Ministerial Exemption (as provided under section 7 of the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 (WA) (CKI)).
Condition 3
Tycraft Pty Ltd must maintain all relevant State, Territory, and Commonwealth approvals or permits that are required to legally obtain, keep, move, and trade in approved specimens of Tridacna maxima giant clams.
Condition 4
An annual report detailing the trade and disposal of the Tridacna maxima specimens covered by the existing stocks approval must be provided to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water by March each year.
This information can be provided as part of the broader annual report prepared by Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communication and the Arts for the Commonwealth Cocos (Keeling) Islands Clam Fishery.