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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

 DECLARATION OF AN APPROVED WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION – WESTERN AUSTRALIAN WEST COAST DEMERSAL GILLNET AND DEMERSAL LONGLINE INTERIM MANAGED FISHERY AND THE SOUTHERN DEMERSAL GILLNET AND DEMERSAL LONGLINE MANAGED FISHERY, DECEMBER 2022

I, SUSAN COOPER, acting Principal Director, Wildlife Trade Office, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water, hereby vary under paragraph 303FT(7)(b) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) the declaration of an approved wildlife trade operation dated 20 August 2021 for the Western Australian West Coast Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Interim Managed Fishery and the Southern Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Managed Fishery, as defined in the management regime in force under the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 (WA), the Fish Resources Management Regulations 1995 (WA), Aquatic Resources Management Act 2016 (WA), the West Coast Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Interim Managed Fishery Management Plan 1997, and Southern Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Managed Fishery Management Plan 2018, such that the conditions specified in the Schedule to that declaration is varied as follows:

In Condition 2, delete the words

    "The Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development must inform the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment of any intended material changes to the Western Australian West Coast Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Interim Managed Fishery and the Southern Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Managed Fishery management arrangements that may affect the assessment against which Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 decisions are made."

and replace with the words

    "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 West Coast Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Interim Managed Fishery and the Southern Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Managed Fishery management arrangements that may affect the assessment against which Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 decisions are made."

In Condition 3, delete the words

    "The Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development must inform the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment of any intended changes to fisheries legislation that may affect the legislative instruments relevant to this approval."

and replace with the words

    "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."

In Condition 4, delete the words

    "The Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development must produce and present reports to the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment annually, as per Appendix