Declaration of an Approved Wildlife Trade Operation – Commonwealth Coral Sea Fishery, November 2021 (Cth)

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

DECLARATION OF AN APPROVED WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION – COMMONWEALTH CORAL SEA FISHERY, NOVEMBER 2021

I, ADAM SINCOCK, Principal Director, Wildlife Trade Office, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment, hereby vary under paragraph 303FT(7)(b) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) the declaration of an approved wildlife trade operation dated 27 July 2024 for the Commonwealth Coral Sea Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Fisheries Management Act 1991 (Cth) and Fisheries Management Regulations 2019 (Cth) and, such that the conditions specified in the Schedule to that declaration are varied as follows:

In Condition 6, delete the words "By 1 December 2021, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority must review the science underpinning the catch limit for Humphead Maori Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus). This review must include independent, expert scientific advice"

and replace with the words "By 30 December 2021, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority must review the science underpinning the catch limit for Humphead Maori Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus). This review must include independent, expert scientific advice"

In Condition 8, delete the words "The Australian Fisheries Management Authority must update the science underpinning the Coral Sea Fishery – Sea Cucumber Sector Harvest Strategy by December 2021, including undertaking a fishery independent survey in the area of the fishery, to ensure that the harvest strategy is supported by up to date scientific information and supports a longer-term export approval for the fishery"

and replace with the words "The Australian Fisheries Management Authority must update the science underpinning the Coral Sea Fishery – Sea Cucumber Sector Harvest Strategy by December 2022, including undertaking a fishery independent survey in the area of the fishery, to ensure that the harvest strategy is supported by up to date scientific information and supports a longer-term export approval for the fishery"