Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
DECLARATION OF AN APPROVED WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION – SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LAKES AND COORONG FISHERY, DECEMBER 2024
I, Jessica Hoey, Director, Sustainable Fisheries Section, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water, hereby vary under paragraph 303FT(7)(b) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) the declaration of an approved wildlife trade operation dated 15 November 2023 for the South Australian Lakes and Coorong Fishery, as defined in the management regime in force under the Fisheries Management Act 2007 (SA), the Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2017 (SA), the Fisheries Management (Lakes and Coorong Fishery) Regulations 2009 (SA) and the Management Plan for the South Australian Commercial Lakes and Coorong Fishery 2022, such that the condition specified in Schedule 1 to that declaration is varied as follows:
Replace the following conditions:
Condition 8
By 28 February 2025, the Department of Primary Industries and Regions, South Australia will have reviewed bycatch and discard reporting measures to ensure that the information collected sufficiently and reliably demonstrates the accuracy of all catch (including bycatch and discards), effort and protected species interaction data collected via logbooks.
The Department of Primary Industries and Regions, South Australia is to work with industry on investigating appropriate and cost‑effective methods of reporting bycatch and discards.
The Department of Primary Industries and Regions, South Australia will provide advice to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water on the review and any measures applied.
Condition 10
By 13 December 2024, the Department of Primary Industries and Regions, South Australia must require that all catch of CITES listed species (including discards where possible) taken in the South Australian Lakes and Coorong Fishery is recorded to a species level and that these catches are reported to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water as part of the annual reporting requirement referred to in Condition 4.
With the following amended conditions:
Condition 8
By 30 June 2025, the Department of Primary Industries and Regions, South Australia will have reviewed bycatch and discard reporting measures to ensure that the information collected sufficiently and reliably demonstrates the accuracy of all catch (including bycatch and discards), effort and protected species interaction data collected via logbooks.
The Department of Primary Industries and Regions, South Australia is to work with industry on investigating appropriate and cost‑effective methods of reporting bycatch and discards.
The Department of Primary Industries and Regions, South Australia will provide advice to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water on the review and any measures applied.
Condition 10
By 30 June 2025, the Department of Primary Industries and Regions, South Australia must require that all catch of CITES listed species (including discards where possible) taken in the South Australian Lakes and Coorong Fishery is recorded to a species level and that these catches are reported to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water as part of the annual reporting requirement referred to in Condition 4.
Dated this 9th day of December 2024
………….…….…SIGNED…………………….........
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 Australia’s CITES list 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, including a list of species for which non detriment findings have been issued and the fisheries from which they may be sourced, is available from https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/wildlife-trade/cites.