Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024N01002:schedule:2:p1
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Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 2 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 16387–19463

Schedule 2
Declaration of the harvest operations of the Queensland Coral Fishery as an approved wildlife trade operation, October 2024

ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS (section 303FT)

Relating to the harvesting of fish specimens that are, or are derived from, fish or invertebrates, other than specimens of species listed under Part 13 and Part 13A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, taken in the Queensland Coral Fishery:

Condition 1

Operation of the Queensland Coral Fishery must be carried out in accordance with the Fisheries Act 1994 (Qld), Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019 (Qld), Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019 (Qld), Fisheries Declaration 2019 (Qld) and the Fisheries Quota Declaration 2019 (Qld). The fishery must also be managed in accordance with the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 (Cth), Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 2019 (Cth) and the Coral Sea Marine Park Management Plan 2018.

Condition 2

The Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries must inform the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water of any intended material changes to the Queensland Coral Fishery management arrangements that may affect the assessment against which Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) decisions are made.

Condition 3

The Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries 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 Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries must produce and present reports on the Queensland Coral Fishery to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water by 30 September 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 there are additional reporting requirements that must be included in the annual reports. These requirements are as follows:
       1.        species specific data of each CITES-listed species harvested in the fishery in the preceding 12 months. All hard coral taxa (order Scleractinia) must be reported at a species-level where possible, unless otherwise authorised by this wildlife trade operation approval; and
       2.        provide an overview of the coral harvest spatial data and how this has been collected and considered in the management of the fishery.

Condition 5

By 30 June 2026, the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries must publish an updated Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) for the Queensland Coral Fishery. The updated ERA must:

     1.        consider the impacts the fishery may have on habitats, the physical environment, ecosystem functions, as well as on coral and coral-dependent ecosystems. This should consider the potential impacts of harvesting at a regional level; and