Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01047:reg:11:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01047
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 11 (pt 5/8)
Character Range: 47117–54184

total amount of abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear present in the Gulf of Carpentaria, with a view to implementing source reduction planning where possible

Action Priority/timeframe  Output  Outcome Responsibility
                                     •   engagement with countries in the Asia Pacific (particularly the Arafura and Timor Sea region, noting the Regional Plan of Action to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices including Combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing in the Region) and the potential for incentive schemes for return of end-of-life fishing nets and fishing net leasing arrangements
                                     •   IUU fishing
                                     •   business plans for micro interest loans arrangements for fishing nets (with nets returned at end of life) in regional developing economies
                                     •   marking of fishing gear (for example through the use of rogue yarn) to enable identification of owners
                                     •   the extent to which current Australian fishing practices comply with FAO preventive methods to avoid and minimise fishing gear becoming abandoned, lost and discarded
                                     •   the potential benefits from Australian Government vessels carrying transponders for attachment to discarded, lost and abandoned fishing gear for tracking and potential retrieval
                                     •   reporting mechanisms

Action Priority/timeframe Output Outcome Responsibility
                                                         High priority over the life of the plan                                                                                                                                                                Engagement with best practice international forums on abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear, e.g. Committee on Fisheries, a subsidiary body of the FAO Council                                                                                       Less impact globally on marine wildlife resulting from lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear  Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources,

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Low priority, but progressed by 2022                     Encourage an international forum with fishing gear and materials/plastics industry experts to determine long-term solutions on lost and discarded fishing gear                                         Less impact globally on marine wildlife resulting from lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear                                                                                                                                                                    Department of the Environment and Energy

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Medium priority, within the life of the plan             An examination of species entanglement risk for the types of fishing gear found abandoned, lost and discarded in Australian waters (for example, the risks posed to marine turtles by lost crab pots)  Prioritisation of management effort to prevent impacts from abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear in Australian waters                                                                                                                                        Department of the Environment and Energy
High priority from 2018 for the life of the plan         Implementation of the national code of practice for recreational fishing in relation to lost and discarded recreational fishing gear and litter                                                        Less impact on wildlife in domestic waters from recreational fishing                                                                                                                                                                                               Department of Agriculture and Water Resources

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1.06 Improve shipping waste management                   High priority — ongoing for the life of the plan                                                                                                                                                       Ongoing changes to MARPOL are incorporated in state and NT legislation                                                                                                                                                                                             States / Northern Territory have legislation relevant to MARPOL in place                         All state and NT governments

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