Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024N00896:schedule:1:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024N00896
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 6992–10111

Industries and Regional Development must develop and publish a formal rebuilding strategy for grey morwong stocks.

The rebuilding strategy must clearly set out the actions the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development will undertake to rebuild grey morwong stocks above a prescribed limit reference point and, in the longer term, return stocks to a prescribed target reference point. It must also include timeframes for rebuilding the stock above the limit reference point and returning to a prescribed target reference point; supporting monitoring and data collection arrangements, and relevant performance measures.

Progress on the rebuilding strategy must be reported to the DCCEEW as part of annual reporting requirements in condition 4.

Condition 7

The New South Wales Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development must:

     1.       by 28 February 2025, develop and implement independent monitoring and data validation that is representative of the New South Wales Ocean Trawl Fishery. The information collected must be sufficient to reliably demonstrate the accuracy of endangered, threatened and protected species interaction data collected via logbooks. This may involve the use of electronic monitoring, independent onboard observers, or other means

     2.       by 28 February 2026, report outcomes of Condition 7a to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, which includes a summary of the level of coverage across the fishery, protected species interactions and validation of logbooks with independent data. In addition, provide an independent monitoring and data validation plan for 2026-2027 for endorsement by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. The endorsed plan will specify the independent monitoring and data validation effort required to deliver a second year of information against the objectives of this condition.

     3.       by 28 February 2027, develop and implement an expanded independent monitoring program framework that is representative of the New South Wales Ocean Trawl Fishery and will capture information on catch composition (including bycatch and discards) and validate the accuracy of reported catch. This expanded program must be representative of the fishery and sufficient to reliably demonstrate the accuracy of reported annual catch, discards, effort and protected species interaction data collected via logbooks.

Condition 8

By 30 June 2027 the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development must, complete and publish an updated Ecological Risk Assessment for all sectors of the New South Wales Ocean Trawl Fishery. This should assess the impacts of the fishery against five major ecological components – key commercial and secondary commercial species; byproduct and bycatch species; protected species; habitats; and (ecological) communities.

Condition 9

By 30 April 2027, the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development must ensure Vessel Monitoring Systems are installed and operational on all