Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025N00021:schedule:1:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025N00021
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 3/3)
Character Range: 9771–12503

2025, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority must establish accurate ratios for converting between all processed and unprocessed forms of prickly redfish (Thelenota ananas), amberfish (Thelenota anax), black teatfish (Holothuria whitmaei) and white teatfish (Holothuria fuscogilva) used in the Coral Sea Fishery. Conversion ratios should be consistent across Commonwealth and Queensland managed fisheries where appropriate. Precautionary proxy conversion ratios can be adopted from other fisheries or jurisdictions until more accurate conversion ratios can be established.

Condition 11

By 25 May 2027, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority must review existing spatial management arrangements to evaluate whether these arrangements are sufficient to manage the risk of localised depletion of sea cucumbers in the Commonwealth Coral Sea Fishery.

Condition 12

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority and the Queensland Department of Primary Industries must continue efforts to support coordination of monitoring and management of straddling or otherwise linked sea cucumber stocks in the Commonwealth Coral Sea Fishery, Torres Strait Bêche-de-mer Fishery, and Queensland Sea Cucumber Fishery (East Coast). This may include review and further development of harvest strategy frameworks and fishery reference points; temporal and spatial closures; minimum size limits; rotational zone size, timing and move-on provisions; research into life history parameters; Management Strategy Evaluation; and conversion ratios across all three fisheries to reduce risk to species in the region.

Condition 13

If, during the term of this Wildlife Trade Operation approval, the Coral Sea experiences conditions that are likely to cause severe heat stress and coral bleaching, indicated by six consecutive Degree Heating Weeks, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority must meet with the Department of Climate Change, Energy the Environment and Water and Parks Australia to discuss appropriate management responses. This meeting should be pre-emptive to:

         1.       Consider the extent and severity of impact over the Coral Sea; and

         1.       Discuss and explore required fisheries management responses to reduce fishing pressure on sensitive target species and enable heat-sensitive target species to recover, particularly coral, marine aquarium fish and sea cucumbers.

Where it is determined by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (in consultation with Parks Australia and the Australian Fisheries Management Authority) that the declared bleaching event is unlikely to have severely impacted the Coral Sea, no restrictions to established fishery limits are required.