Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2014L01089:reg:20:p22
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2014L01089
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 20 (pt 22/33)
Character Range: 91736–94639

January 2009, with the assistance of the then National Shark Recovery Group (NSRG). In February 2009, the review was completed by the department and tabled at the 38th meeting of the Threatened Species Scientific Committee (TSSC)—established under the EPBC Act—prior to being forwarded to the then Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts in November 2009.

The NSRG comprised representatives from relevant Australian Government agencies, all states and the Northern Territory, key stakeholder groups including the Humane Society International and TRAFFIC, commercial and recreational fishing sectors, the CSIRO and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (refer to Appendix 2 for a full list of NSRG representatives).

The review concluded that while a number of the actions in the original recovery plan had been completed, there still remains an ongoing need to maintain a recovery plan for grey nurse sharks to promote recovery of the species. The review recommended that the 2002 Recovery Plan for the Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus) in Australia be varied to remove completed actions and include new conservation priorities. Following endorsement by the TSSC to prepare a revised grey nurse shark recovery plan, a stakeholder workshop was held in November 2009 with members of the NSRG and selected shark experts, to develop a new recovery plan for the grey nurse shark. The revised draft recovery plan was presented at the 44th meeting of the TSSC in August 2010. Following detailed consultation with stakeholders and the TSSC, the plan was re-drafted in liaison with Commonwealth and state government agencies primarily responsible for implementing the actions.

The 2013 Draft Recovery Plan for the Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus) was endorsed at the 54th TSSC meeting in August 2013 and released for public comment by the then Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, for a period of three months. Comments received were considered and minor changes incorporated into the recovery plan. The TSSC endorsed the recovery plan as final and recommendended it to the Minister at the 55th TSSC meeting in March 2014.

18 Organisations/persons involved in evaluating the performance of the plan
This plan should be reviewed no later than five years from when it was endorsed and made publicly available.

The review will determine the performance of the plan and assess:

  • whether the plan continues unchanged; is varied to remove completed actions; or varied to include new conservation priorities

  • whether a recovery plan is no longer necessary for the species as either conservation advice will suffice; or the species is removed from the threatened species list.

As part of this review, the listing status of the species will be assessed against the EPBC Act species listing criteria.

The review will be coordinated