Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024N00326:schedule:1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024N00326
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 4693–7865

Schedule 1

Declaration of the harvest operations of the Queensland Aquarium Fish Fishery as an approved wildlife trade operation, April 2024

Condition 1
The operation of the Queensland Aquarium Fish Fishery must be carried out in accordance the Queensland Fisheries Act 1994, Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019, Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019, Fisheries Declaration 2019.
Condition 2
The Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries must inform the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water of any intended material changes to the Queensland Aquarium Fish 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 Agriculture and Fisheries 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 Agriculture and Fisheries must provide annual reports on the Queensland Aquarium Fish Fishery to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water by 30 September annually, as per Appendix B of the Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries - 2nd Edition (2007).
Condition 5
The Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries must:
    a)      By 31 October 2024, finalise and publish the level 2 species-specific assessment for the Queensland Aquarium Fish Fishery. The assessment should be undertaken in accordance with the Fisheries Queensland Ecological Risk Assessment Guideline, consider all available information, including information on the spatial distributions of key species, and address species-specific risks for all species in a precautionary way.

    b)      By 30 May 2026, implement all risk mitigation recommendations identified in the level 2 assessment.

Updates on implementation of these recommendations must be included in annual reports to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water in accordance with condition 4.

Condition 6
By 30 May 2026, the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries must review and if necessary, update the Queensland Aquarium Fish Fishery harvest strategy to ensure it:

    a)      considers the outcomes from the Level 2 Environmental Risk Assessment

    b)      manages risks to individual species and ecosystem functions, including risks associated with environmental disturbance and localised depletion.

A copy of the revised harvest strategy must be published and sent to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water by 30 May 2026.

Condition 7
By 30 September 2024, the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries must facilitate reporting of all species listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) caught (retained or discarded) in the Queensland Aquarium Fish Fishery to a species-level.
The Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries must include details