Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024N00747:schedule:1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024N00747
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 4437–7671

Schedule 1

Declaration of the harvest operations of the Western Australian West Coast Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Interim Managed Fishery and the Southern Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Managed Fishery as an approved wildlife trade operation, August 2024

Condition 1
Operation of the Western Australian West Coast Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Interim Managed Fishery and Southern Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Managed Fishery (collectively known as the Western Australian Temperate Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Fishery (the fishery)) must be carried out in accordance with the management arrangements specified in the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 (WA), Fish Resources Management Regulations 1995 (WA), and the Southern Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Managed Fishery Management Plan 2018 and West Coast Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Interim Managed Fishery Management Plan 1997.
Condition 2
The Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development must inform the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water of any intended material changes to the Western Australian West Coast Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Interim Managed Fishery and the Southern Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Managed Fishery management arrangements that may affect the assessment against which Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 decisions are made.
Condition 3
The Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development must inform the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water of any intended changes to fisheries legislation that may affect the legislative instruments relevant to this approval.
Condition 4
The Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development must produce and provide reports on the Western Australian Temperate Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline fisheries to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water by December annually, as per Appendix B of the Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries – 2nd Edition.
For species listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) there are additional reporting requirements to provide species-specific data on each CITES listed species harvested (retained or discarded) in the fishery annually. This reporting must include any information of the post release survival of discarded catch, where available.
Condition 5
The Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development must:
    a)      by 1 December 2025, develop and implement independent monitoring and data validation that is representative of the Western Australian West Coast Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Interim Managed Fishery and the Southern Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Managed Fishery. The information collected must be sufficient to reliably demonstrate the accuracy of endangered, threatened and protected species interaction data collected via logbooks.
    b)      by 1 February 2027, report outcomes of Condition 5a to the Department of Climate