Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024N00089:schedule:1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024N00089
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1
Character Range: 2947–5594

Schedule 1

Declaration of the harvest operations of the Queensland Line Fishery (Reef) as an approved wildlife trade operation, January 2024

Condition 1
The operation of the Queensland Line Fishery (Reef) must be carried out in accordance the Queensland Fisheries Act 1994, Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019, Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019, Fisheries Declaration 2019 and the Fisheries Quota Declaration 2019.

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 Line Fishery (Reef) 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 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 provide annual reports on the Line Fishery (Reef) to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water by 1 December annually, as per Appendix B of the Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries - 2nd Edition (2007).

Condition 5
By 31 July 2025, the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF) must publish an updated stock assessment for saddletail snapper (Lutjanus malabaricus). Until the stock assessment has been completed, QDAF must monitor catches and take immediate action to avoid overfishing if the stock is found to reach the limit reference point (20% unfished biomass) as defined in the harvest strategy for the fishery.

Condition 6
By 30 November 2025, the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries must implement measures to update existing information on non-retained catch in the Queensland Line Fishery (Reef). This includes information on discarded catch as well as depredation and any interactions with species protected under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
This information must be representative of all commercial sectors of the fishery and sufficient to inform ongoing stock assessments. If the new information suggests there has been a significant change in non-retained catch composition or quantity since 2011, this new information must be used to review assumptions made in ecological risk assessments, the harvest strategy and other management arrangements as necessary.