Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024N01154:schedule:1:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024N01154
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 6394–9594

formal rebuilding strategy for this identified depleted stock in accordance with the Queensland harvest strategy policy and ensure there are mechanisms to monitor and manage the ongoing performance of the strategy to facilitate recovery of the depleted stock.

Condition 6
The Queensland Department of Primary Industries must not allow the harvest of saucer scallops (Ylistrum balloti) from any area of the East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery other than the Southern Offshore Trawl Management Region unless evidence is provided to demonstrate the stock(s) can support a level of take that will not contribute to overfishing and depletion of the saucer scallop stock(s).

Condition 7
The Queensland Department of Primary Industries must:

     1.        By 30 June 2025, provide an implementation plan to the Department for the establishment of an ongoing independent monitoring and validation program across the East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery. The plan must demonstrate how the ongoing program will:

        1.             provide independent data that is reliable and representative across all regions of the fishery; and

        2.             independently monitor and validate data collected via protected species logbooks, with a particular focus on protected species interactions demonstrated within this Wildlife Trade Operation approval period.

     1.        By 15 December 2025 commence implementation of the independent monitoring and validation program, this may involve the use of electronic monitoring, independent onboard observers, or other means.

     2.        As part of annual reporting under Wildlife Trade Operation Condition 4, provide a summary of the level of independent monitoring coverage across the fishery, protected species interactions and the validation of protected species logbooks with independent data.

Condition 8
By 30 June 2027, the Queensland Department of Primary Industries to review the outputs of Fisheries Research and Development Corporation project 2023-009 to determine how it may guide the reduction of ecological impacts, including through the approval of additional bycatch reduction devices for the East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery.

Condition 9
By 30 June 2027, the Queensland Department of Primary Industries (QDPI) must provide an updated bycatch composition report for the East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery that:

     1.        considers available information on bycatch and provides updated information on bycatch composition and estimates of bycatch volumes; and

     2.        considers options for how QDPI will work towards providing representative bycatch data across all regions of the fishery; and

     3.        considers options and feasibility of ongoing monitoring of bycatch.

Condition 10
By 30 November 2026, the Queensland Department of Primary Industries must review the harvest strategies for the East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery.

Condition 11
By 30 June 2026, the Queensland Department of Primary Industries must consider the outcomes and implications from the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation project 2020-026 (Habitat ecological risk assessment for eco-regions with high trawl footprints, in southern Queensland