The Department Recommendation 1 The Australian considers the Bureau of issues covered The Department of Agriculture Agricultural and by this to work with the relevant Resource recommendation agencies to refine and Economics and to be partially implement the methodology Sciences has met but are completed a for obtaining reliable ongoing. project to obtain a estimates of recreational and The Department method for charter fishing catch of recommends determining a that a new southern bluefin tuna in statistically robust approved wildlife Australian waters. estimate of trade operation recreational and declaration for charter fishing the catch of southern Commonwealth bluefin tuna in Southern Bluefin Australian waters. Tuna Fishery should specify a The project provided three similar condition (see Condition primary 5, Table 4). recommendations and the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources is now considering the outcomes of the project. A copy of the report can be found here: . Table 3: The Department of the Environment and Energy’s assessment of the Commonwealth Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery against the requirements of the EPBC Act related to decisions made under Part 13A.
Recommendation 1 The Department of Agriculture to work with the relevant agencies to refine and implement the methodology for obtaining reliable estimates of recreational and charter fishing catch of southern bluefin tuna in Australian waters. The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences has completed a project to obtain a method for determining a statistically robust estimate of recreational and charter fishing catch of southern bluefin tuna in Australian waters. The project provided three primary recommendations and the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources is now considering the outcomes of the project. A copy of the report can be found here: . The Department considers the issues covered by this recommendation to be partially met but are ongoing. The Department recommends that a new approved wildlife trade operation declaration for the Commonwealth Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery should specify a similar condition (see Condition 5, Table 4). Table 3: The Department of the Environment and Energy’s assessment of the Commonwealth Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery against the requirements of the EPBC Act related to decisions made under Part 13A.
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