Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00154:schedule:1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00154
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 4815–7943

Schedule 1

Declaration of the harvest operations of the Western Australian G-Trap Fishery – Australian Herring as an approved wildlife trade operation, March 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 (EPBC Act), taken in the Western Australian G-Trap Fishery – Australian Herring:

Condition 1

Operation of the Western Australian G-trap Fishery – Australian Herring must be carried out in accordance with the management regime in force under the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 (WA), Fish Resources Management Regulations 1995 (WA), Herring Trap Net notice 1991 endorsement (Condition 42), Prohibition on Herring Trap Nets Order (2015), and annual exemptions in accordance with Section 7 of the Fish Resources Management Act 1994, which exempt specified operators from the Prohibition on Herring Trap Nets Order 2015.

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 G-trap Fishery – Australian Herring 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 G-trap Fishery to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water annually, within one month of publication of the annual report, as per Appendix B of the Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries – 2nd Edition.

Condition 5

By 28 February 2025, the Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development must publish an ecological risk assessment for the South Coast Nearshore Finfish Resource, that considers risks to target, bycatch and protected species, as well as the ecosystem more broadly.

Condition 6

By 31 July 2026, the Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development must publish a harvest strategy for the resource including objectives and performance criteria by which the effectiveness of the management arrangements is measured.

Condition 7

By 28 February 2025, the Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development must provide the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water with an interim stock assessment for Australian Herring.

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