4: QLD Mud Crab Assessment Summary of Issues, Conditions and Recommendations October, 2015 – Issue Condition General Management Condition 1: Export decisions relate to the arrangements in at the time of the decision. To ensure Operation of the Queensland Mud Crab Fishery that these decisions remain valid and export approval continues uninterrupted, the (QMCF) will be carried out in accordance with Department of the Environment needs to be advised of any changes that are made to the management regime in force under the management regime and make an assessment that the new arrangements are Queensland Fisheries Act 1994 and the equivalent or better, in terms of ecological sustainability, than those in place at the time Queensland Fisheries Regulation 2008. of the original decision. This includes operational and legislated amendments that may Condition 2: affect sustainability of the target species or negatively impact on byproduct, bycatch, EPBC Act protected species or the ecosystem. The Queensland’s Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF) to inform the Department of the Environment of any intended material changes to the QMCF management arrangements that may affect the assessment against which Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 decisions are made. Annual Reporting Condition 3: It is important that reports be produced and presented to the Department annually in The QDAF to produce and present reports to the order for the performance of the fishery and progress in implementing the conditions and Department of the Environment annually as per recommendations in this report and other managerial commitments to be monitored and Appendix B of the Guidelines for the Ecologically assessed throughout the life of the declaration. Annual reports should follow Appendix B Sustainable Management of Fisheries - 2nd to the 'Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries - Edition. 2nd Edition' and 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 EPBC Act protected species, impacts of the fishery on the ecosystem in which it operates and progress in implementing the Department’s conditions and recommendations. Electronic copies of the guidelines are available from
4: QLD Mud Crab Assessment – Summary of Issues, Conditions and Recommendations October, 2015 Issue Condition General Management Export decisions relate to the arrangements in at the time of the decision. To ensure that these decisions remain valid and export approval continues uninterrupted, the Department of the Environment needs to be advised of any changes that are made to the management regime 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, EPBC Act protected species or the ecosystem. Condition 1: Operation of the Queensland Mud Crab Fishery (QMCF) will be carried out in accordance with management regime in force under the Queensland Fisheries Act 1994 and the Queensland Fisheries Regulation 2008. Condition 2: The Queensland’s Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF) to inform the Department of the Environment of any intended material changes to the QMCF management arrangements that may affect the assessment against which Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 decisions are made. 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 follow Appendix B to the 'Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries - 2nd Edition' and 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 EPBC Act protected species, impacts of the fishery on the ecosystem in which it operates and progress in implementing the Department’s conditions and recommendations. Electronic copies of the guidelines are available from Condition 3: The QDAF to produce and present reports to the Department of the Environment annually as per Appendix B of the Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries - 2nd Edition.
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