Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024N01154:schedule:1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024N01154
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 3505–6666

Schedule 1

Declaration of the harvest operations of the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery as an approved wildlife trade operation, December 2024

ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS (section 303FT)

Relating to the harvesting of fish specimens that are, or are derived from, fish or invertebrates, other than specimens of species listed under Part 13 and Part 13A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), taken in the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery:

Condition 1

The Queensland Department of Primary Industries must ensure that operation of the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery 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)

      * Marine Parks Act 2004 (Qld)

      * Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 (Cth)

      * Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)

      * Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019 (Qld)

      * Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019 (Qld)

      * Fisheries Declaration 2019 (Qld)

      * Fisheries Quota Declaration 2019 (Qld)

      * Fisheries (Saucer Scallops) Amendment Declaration 2021 (Qld)

      * Marine Parks Regulations 2019 (Qld)

      * Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 2019 (Cth)

       * Coral Sea Marine Park Management Plan 2018 (Cth)

      * Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000 (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 East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery 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 East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water by 30 September each year, commencing September 2025, as per Appendix B of the Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries – 2nd Edition.

Condition 5
By 1 December 2025, the Queensland Department of Primary Industries must:

     1.        review the strategies in place for recovery of the identified depleted stock of saucer scallops (Ylistrum balloti) that occurs south of latitude 22 degrees south; and

     2.        publish and implement a 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