Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024N01096:schedule:1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024N01096
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 3968–7184

Schedule 1

Declaration of the harvest operations of the Queensland Sea Cucumber Fishery (East Coast) as an approved wildlife trade operation, November 2024

Condition 1:

The Queensland Department of Primary Industries must ensure that operation of the Queensland Sea Cucumber Fishery (East Coast) is carried out in accordance with management regime specified in Queensland Department of Primary Industries, and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority issued permits, as well as in the following:

      * Fisheries Act 1994 (Qld),

      * Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019 (Qld),

      * Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019 (Qld),

      * Fisheries Declaration 2019 (Qld),

      * Fisheries Quota Declaration 2019 (Qld),

      * Marine Parks Act 2004 (Qld),

      * Marine Parks Regulations 2019 (Qld),

      * Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth),

      * The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 (Cth), and

      * Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 2019 (Cth).

Condition 2:

The Queensland Department of Primary Industries must inform the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water of any intended material changes to the Queensland Sea Cucumber (East Coast) management arrangements that may affect the assessment against which Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 decisions are made.

Condition 3:

The Queensland Department of Primary Industries 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 Primary Industries must produce and present reports on the Queensland Sea Cucumber 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.

Species-specific harvest data for each species listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora must be included in the annual reports, spanning the preceding 12 months.

Condition 5

The Queensland Department of Primary Industries must:

   1.       by 1 July 2025, implement an annual 10-tonne total allowable commercial catch limit (TACC) for CITES-listed amberfish (Thelenota anax) in the Queensland Sea Cucumber Fishery (East Coast).

   2.       By 1 July 2025, implement an annual 40-tonne total allowable commercial catch limit (TACC) for CITES-listed prickly redfish (Thelenota ananas) in the Queensland Sea Cucumber Fishery (East Coast).

   3.       by 1 July 2026, implement an annual 40-tonne total allowable commercial catch limit (TACC) for CITES-listed white teatfish (Holothuria fuscogilva) in the Queensland Sea Cucumber Fishery (East Coast).

   4.       maintain the existing annual 30-tonne total allowable commercial catch limit (TACC) for CITES-listed black teatfish (Holothuria whitmaei) in the Queensland Sea Cucumber Fishery (East Coast).

These TACCs must be maintained at these levels until scientific evidence can be provided