Table 2: Progress in implementation of conditions and recommendations made in the previous assessment of the East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery Part 13 Condition Progress Recommended Action Taking into account: the 2010 assessment of the Fisheries Queensland has made progress on this Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery, condition through progressing the trawl plan review and the results of the Fisheries Fisheries Queensland has completed a two year rigorous extension work. The Department recognises Research and extension project, FRDC Project 2008/101, that significant efforts have been made to minimise the Development Corporation capture of sea snakes, and acknowledges that an Extension of Fisheries Research and project 2005/053 on Development Corporation funded research efficient way of implementing mandatory measures to reducing the impact of Queensland's trawl results on improved bycatch reduction devices protect sea snakes would be through the trawl plan fisheries on sea snakes; (BRDs) to the Queensland East Coast Otter review. The Department considers that this condition Trawl Fishery, which has facilitated a significant should be continued as the trawl plan review has not yet Fisheries Queensland's reduction (over 60 per cent) in fishery bycatch been finalised and mandatory measures to mitigate the evaluation of the use of through the use of effective bycatch reduction impacts of fishing on sea snakes have not yet been appropriate bycatch reduction devices by devices. made. fishers targeting red spot king prawns; and As part of this extension work, square mesh The Department considers that a new Part 13 codend and fisheye bycatch reduction devices accreditation for the East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery any other relevant expert were distributed to industry. Around 75 per cent specify a similar condition (see Part 13 Condition, information, of fishers participated in the bycatch reduction Table 4). by 1 June 2013, Fisheries device and extension program and the majority of Queensland to implement fishers are currently using these particular mandatory measures to mitigate bycatch reduction devices. the impacts of fishing on sea snakes in the East Otter The extension program report recommended Trawl Fishery. mandatory use of effective square mesh codend bycatch reduction devices in the scallop sector and fisheye bycatch reduction devices in the red spot king prawn sector. Proposals to implement this recommendation are currently under consideration as part of the trawl plan review.
Table 2: Progress in implementation of conditions and recommendations made in the previous assessment of the East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery Part 13 Condition Progress Recommended Action Taking into account: the results of the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation project 2005/053 on reducing the impact of Queensland's trawl fisheries on sea snakes; Fisheries Queensland's evaluation of the use of appropriate bycatch reduction devices by fishers targeting red spot king prawns; and any other relevant expert information, by 1 June 2013, Fisheries Queensland to implement mandatory measures to mitigate the impacts of fishing on sea snakes in the East Otter Trawl Fishery. the 2010 assessment of the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery, Fisheries Queensland has completed a two year extension project, FRDC Project 2008/101, Extension of Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded research results on improved bycatch reduction devices (BRDs) to the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery, which has facilitated a significant reduction (over 60 per cent) in fishery bycatch through the use of effective bycatch reduction devices. As part of this extension work, square mesh codend and fisheye bycatch reduction devices were distributed to industry. Around 75 per cent of fishers participated in the bycatch reduction device and extension program and the majority of fishers are currently using these particular bycatch reduction devices. The extension program report recommended mandatory use of effective square mesh codend bycatch reduction devices in the scallop sector and fisheye bycatch reduction devices in the red spot king prawn sector. Proposals to implement this recommendation are currently under consideration as part of the trawl plan review. Fisheries Queensland has made progress on this condition through progressing the trawl plan review and rigorous extension work. The Department recognises that significant efforts have been made to minimise the capture of sea snakes, and acknowledges that an efficient way of implementing mandatory measures to protect sea snakes would be through the trawl plan review. The Department considers that this condition should be continued as the trawl plan review has not yet been finalised and mandatory measures to mitigate the impacts of fishing on sea snakes have not yet been made. The Department considers that a new Part 13 accreditation for the East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery specify a similar condition (see Part 13 Condition, Table 4).
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