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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

DECLARATION OF AN APPROVED WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION – NEW SOUTH WALES OCEAN TRAP AND LINE FISHERY, SEPTEMBER 2024

I, BELINDA JAGO, Branch Head, Ocean and Wildlife Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water, have considered in accordance with section 303FN of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) the application from the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, public comments on the proposal as required under section 303FR and advice on the ecological sustainability of the operation. I am satisfied on those matters specified in section 303FN of the EPBC Act. I hereby declare the operations for the harvesting of specimens that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates, taken in the New South Wales Ocean Trap and Line Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the:
       * Fisheries Management Act 1994 (NSW)
       * Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2019 (NSW)
       * Fisheries Management (Supporting Plan) Regulation 2006 (NSW)
       * Fisheries Management (Ocean Trap and Line Share Management Plan) Regulation 2006 (NSW),
but not including:
   1.     specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 209 of the EPBC Act (Australia's List of Migratory Species), or
   2.    specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 248 of the EPBC Act (Australia's List of Marine Species), or
   3.     specimens that belong to eligible listed threatened species, as defined under section 303BC of the EPBC Act, or
   4.    specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia's CITES List), except for Common blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus), Australian blacktip shark (C. tilstoni), Bignose Shark (C. altimus), Copper Shark (C. brachyurus), Spinner shark (C. brevipinna), Bull shark (C. leucas), Dusky shark (C. obscurus), Sandbar shark (C. plumbeus), Sliteye Shark (Loxodon macrorhinus), Sicklefin lemon shark/Sharptooth lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens), Blue shark (Prionace glauca), Whitespotted guitarfish/bottlenose wedgefish (Rhynchobatus australieae), Shark ray (Rhina ancylostoma), and Smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena).
to be an approved wildlife trade operation, in accordance with subsection 303FN(2) and paragraph 303FN(10)(d), for the purposes of the EPBC Act.

Unless amended or revoked, this declaration:
 1.               is valid until 30 September 2027, and
 2.              is subject to the conditions applied under section 303FT specified in Schedule 1.

Dated this 30th day of September 2024
SIGNED
………………….……..
Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water

Notes:
   1.         Under the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, a person whose interests are affected by this decision may apply for a statement of reasons and for independent review of the decision. An application for a statement of reasons may be made in writing to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the