(5) In deciding whether to declare an operation as an approved wildlife trade operation the Minister must have regard to: whether legislation relating to the protection, conservation The will be managed under the Southern and Eastern Scalefish or management of the specimens to which the operation and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003 (the Management Plan), in relates is in force in the State or Territory concerned; and force under the Fisheries Management Act 1991. The Commonwealth Fisheries Management Act 1991 applies whether the legislation applies throughout the State or throughout Commonwealth waters. Territory concerned; and After evaluation of the fishery management measures in place for this whether, in the opinion of the Minister, the legislation is fishery, summarised in Table 1, the Department considers that the effective. legislation enforcing these measures throughout the fishery is likely to be effective. (10) For the purposes of section 303FN, an operation is a wildlife trade operation if, an only if, the operation is an operation for the taking of specimens and: The SESSF is a commercial fishery. the operation is a commercial fishery. (10A) In deciding whether to declare that a commercial fishery is an The impacts of actions under the operations of the SESSF were approved wildlife trade operation for the purposes of this section, the assessed under Part 10 of the EPBC Act in May 2007. That Minister must rely primarily on the outcomes of any assessment in assessment concluded that actions approved or taken in accordance relation to the fishery carried out for the purposes of Division 1 or 2 of with the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Part 10. Management Plan 2003, as amended by the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan Amendment 2006 (No. 2), would not have an unacceptable or unsustainable impact on the environment in a Commonwealth marine area. Consequently, the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan
(5) In deciding whether to declare an operation as an approved wildlife trade operation the Minister must have regard to: whether legislation relating to the protection, conservation or management of the specimens to which the operation relates is in force in the State or Territory concerned; and whether the legislation applies throughout the State or Territory concerned; and whether, in the opinion of the Minister, the legislation is effective. The will be managed under the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003 (the Management Plan), in force under the Fisheries Management Act 1991. The Commonwealth Fisheries Management Act 1991 applies throughout Commonwealth waters. After evaluation of the fishery management measures in place for this fishery, summarised in Table 1, the Department considers that the legislation enforcing these measures throughout the fishery is likely to be effective. (10) For the purposes of section 303FN, an operation is a wildlife trade operation if, an only if, the operation is an operation for the taking of specimens and: the operation is a commercial fishery. The SESSF is a commercial fishery. (10A) In deciding whether to declare that a commercial fishery is an approved wildlife trade operation for the purposes of this section, the Minister must rely primarily on the outcomes of any assessment in relation to the fishery carried out for the purposes of Division 1 or 2 of Part 10. The impacts of actions under the operations of the SESSF were assessed under Part 10 of the EPBC Act in May 2007. That assessment concluded that actions approved or taken in accordance with the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003, as amended by the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan Amendment 2006 (No. 2), would not have an unacceptable or unsustainable impact on the environment in a Commonwealth marine area. Consequently, the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan
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