Table 4: Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Assessment Summary of Issues, Conditions and Recommendations March 2013 – Issue Condition General Management Condition 1: Export decisions relate to the arrangements in force at the time of the decision. To ensure Operation of the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery will be carried that these decisions remain valid and export approval continues uninterrupted, the out in accordance with the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities needs to Management Plan 2009 in force under the Torres Strait be advised of any changes that are made to the management arrangements and make an Fisheries Act 1984, and the Torres Strait assessment that the new arrangements are equivalent or better, in terms of ecological Fisheries Regulations 1985. sustainability, than those in place at the time of the original decision. This includes Condition 2: operational and legislated amendments that may affect sustainability of the target species or negatively impact on byproduct, bycatch, protected species or the ecosystem. The Protected Zone Joint Authority will advise the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities of any intended change to the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery’s management arrangements that could affect the assessment of the fishery against the criteria on which Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 decisions are based. Annual Reporting Condition 3: It is important that reports be produced and presented to the department annually in order The Protected Zone Joint Authority to produce and present for the performance of the fishery and progress in implementing the conditions and reports to the Department of Sustainability, Environment, recommendations in this report and other managerial commitments to be monitored and Water, Population and Communities annually as per assessed throughout the life of the declaration. Appendix B to the for the Ecologically ‘Guidelines Sustainable Management of Fisheries 2nd Edition’. – Annual reports should include: a description of the fishery, management arrangements in place, research and monitoring outcomes, recent catch data for all sectors of the fishery, status of target stock, interactions with protected species, impacts of the fishery on the ecosystem in which it operates and information outlining progress in implementing conditions and recommendations resulting from the previous assessment of the fishery (for a complete description of annual reporting requirements, see Appendix B of the for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries - 2nd Edition’ ‘Guidelines
Table 4: Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Assessment Summary of Issues, Conditions and Recommendations – March 2013 Issue Condition General Management Export decisions relate to the arrangements in force at the time of the decision. To ensure that these decisions remain valid and export approval continues uninterrupted, the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities needs to be advised of any changes that are made to the management arrangements and make an assessment that the new arrangements are equivalent or better, in terms of ecological sustainability, than those in place at the time of the original decision. This includes operational and legislated amendments that may affect sustainability of the target species or negatively impact on byproduct, bycatch, protected species or the ecosystem. Condition 1: Operation of the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery will be carried out in accordance with the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Management Plan 2009 in force under the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, and the Torres Strait Fisheries Regulations 1985. Condition 2: The Protected Zone Joint Authority will advise the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities of any intended change to the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery’s management arrangements that could affect the assessment of the fishery against the criteria on which Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 decisions are based. Annual Reporting It is important that reports be produced and presented to the department annually in order for the performance of the fishery and progress in implementing the conditions and recommendations in this report and other managerial commitments to be monitored and assessed throughout the life of the declaration. Annual reports should include: a description of the fishery, management arrangements in place, research and monitoring outcomes, recent catch data for all sectors of the fishery, status of target stock, interactions with protected species, impacts of the fishery on the ecosystem in which it operates and information outlining progress in implementing conditions and recommendations resulting from the previous assessment of the fishery (for a complete description of annual reporting requirements, see Appendix B of the ‘Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries - 2nd Edition’ Condition 3: The Protected Zone Joint Authority to produce and present reports to the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities annually as per Appendix B to the ‘Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries – 2nd Edition’.
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