Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01285:reg:2:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01285
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2 (pt 3/14)
Character Range: 33647–36735

Queensland. This joint approach recognises the wide distribution of albatrosses and petrels that breed and/or forage in Australia's jurisdiction. The approach ensures that complementary actions are taken by the Commonwealth, and affected states in areas under their respective control and responsibility. The Australian Government is committed to acting in accordance with the recovery plan and to implementing the plan as it applies to Commonwealth areas.
The recovery plan is supported by related frameworks that contribute to the conservation of albatrosses and petrels, in particular:
    * Threat Abatement Plan for the incidental catch (or bycatch) of seabirds during oceanic longline fishing operations, which aims to achieve zero bycatch of seabirds from longline fishing in Commonwealth fisheries (Commonwealth of Australia 2018b).
    * Threat Abatement Plan for the impacts of marine debris on the vertebrate wildlife of Australia's coasts and oceans, which provides national guidance on action to prevent and mitigate the impacts of harmful marine debris on vertebrate marine life (Commonwealth of Australia 2018a).
    * National Plan of Action for minimising incidental catch of seabirds in Australian capture fisheries, which aims to minimise and, where practicable, eliminate the incidental catch of seabirds in capture fisheries (DAWR 2018).
    * National light pollution guidelines for wildlife including marine turtles, seabirds and migratory shorebirds, which provide a framework for how to assess and manage the effect of light pollution on protected wildlife (Commonwealth of Australia 2019b).
The recovery plan recognises that recovery of threatened albatrosses and petrels will take longer than the 10-year life of the current plan due to the long generation lengths of the species concerned (Bird et al. 2020). It further acknowledges that a recovery plan should remain in place for affected species until such time as the conservation status of the species breeding and/or foraging in Australia's jurisdiction has improved to the point where populations are considered secure. The plan aims to provide continuity for recovery actions for these long-lived species, recognising that within the five-year timeframe for reviewing progress under the plan there is insufficient time to determine accurately changes affecting the recovery of the species within Australia's jurisdiction. The plan also aims to provide continuity for international advocacy by Australia, particularly through ACAP, relevant regional conservation and fisheries bodies, and through engagement with range states, and international bodies with an interest and expertise in conserving these species.

2.1           Recovery plans
The Australian Government develops recovery plans for the purposes of the protection, conservation and management of listed threatened species under the EPBC Act. A plan may be made by the Commonwealth or jointly with one or more states and territories in which the threatened species occurs, or with agencies of one or more of those states and territories. Part