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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

DECLARATION OF AN APPROVED WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION – QUEENSLAND EAST COAST OTTER TRAWL FISHERY, DECEMBER 2024

I, BELINDA JAGO, Branch Head, Ocean and Wildlife Branch, 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 Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (now Department of Primary Industries), public comments on the proposal as required under section 303FR, and advice on the ecological sustainability of the operation. I am satisfied on those matters specified in section 303FN of the EPBC Act. I hereby declare the operations for the harvesting of specimens that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates, taken in the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the:
      * Fisheries Act 1994 (Qld)
      * Marine Parks Act 2004 (Qld)
      * Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 (Cth)
      * Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)
      * Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019 (Qld)
      * Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019 (Qld)
      * Fisheries Declaration 2019 (Qld)
      * Fisheries Quota Declaration 2019 (Qld)
      * Fisheries (Saucer Scallops) Amendment Declaration 2021 (Qld)
      * Marine Parks Regulations 2019 (Qld)
      * Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 2019 (Cth)
      * Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000 (Cth)
      * Coral Sea Marine Park Management Plan 2018 (Cth)

but not including:
   1.     specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 209 of the EPBC Act (Australia's List of Migratory Species), or
   2.    specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 248 of the EPBC Act (Australia's List of Marine Species), or
   3.     specimens that belong to eligible listed threatened species, as defined under section 303BC of the EPBC Act, or
   4.    specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia's CITES List),
to be an approved wildlife trade operation, in accordance with subsection 303FN(2) and paragraph 303FN(10)(d), for the purposes of the EPBC Act.

Unless amended or revoked, this declaration:
 1.               is valid until 17 December 2027, and
 2.              is subject to the conditions applied under section 303FT specified in Schedule 1.

Dated this 13th day of December 2024

SIGNED

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Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water

Notes:

     1.         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