Reporting against the conditions and recommendations from the 2012 assessment Issue Condition Progress against conditions and recommendations Annual reporting Condition 3: This report meets with this condition. It is important that reports be produced and presented to the department annually The Australian Fisheries Management Authority to in order for the performance of the fishery and progress in implementing the produce and present conditions and recommendations in this report and other managerial commitments reports to the Department to be monitored and assessed throughout the life of the declaration. of Sustainability, Annual reports should include: a description of the fishery, management Environment, Water, arrangements in place, research and monitoring outcomes, recent catch data for Population and Communities annually as all sectors of the fishery, status of target stock, interactions with protected species, per Appendix B of the impacts of the fishery on the ecosystem in which it operates and information for the outlining progress in implementing conditions and recommendations resulting from ‘Guidelines Ecologically Sustainable the previous assessment of the fishery (for a complete description of annual Management of Fisheries reporting requirements, 2nd Edition’. – see Appendix B of the for the Ecologically Sustainable ‘Guidelines Management of Fisheries 2nd available from the – Edition’ department’s website at Issue Condition Progress against conditions and recommendations Condition 4: Impacts of demersal trawling on bottom Effort has not exceeded 2011 levels in any habitats in waters shallower than 200 metres season.
Reporting against the conditions and recommendations from the 2012 assessment Issue Condition Progress against conditions and recommendations 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’ available from the department’s website at Condition 3: The Australian Fisheries Management Authority to produce and present reports to the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities annually as per Appendix B of the ‘Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries – 2nd Edition’. This report meets with this condition. Issue Condition Progress against conditions and recommendations Impacts of demersal trawling on bottom habitats in waters shallower than 200 metres Condition 4: Effort has not exceeded 2011 levels in any season.
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