McCormack, Catherine (2005) Ecological Assessment of the Queensland Coral Fishery: a report to the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage on the ecologically sustainable management of the Queensland Coral Fishery. Report. Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

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Abstract

In 1992, Australian Commonwealth, State, Territory and local governments committed to an ecologically sustainable development (ESD) approach to the use of natural resources. Fisheries resources were (see Green et al. 1991) and still are (see Fletcher et al. 2003) considered to be one of many specific natural resource foci that fall squarely under the ESD umbrella. Queensland's commitment to managing fishery resources under ESD principles is embedded in the Fisheries Act 1994:

1) The main purpose of the Act is to provide for the use, conservation and enhancement of the community's fisheries resources and fish habitats in a way that seeks to -

a) apply and balance the principles of ecologically sustainable development; and

b) promote ecologically sustainable development.

2) In balancing the principles, each principle is to be given the relative emphasis appropriate in the circumstances.

To prompt continued progress towards ESD in Australian fisheries, the Commonwealth Government introduced the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act 1999) and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Wildlife Protection Act) Act 2001. Following these legislative changes, in order to obtain export approval, fisheries management agencies must demonstrate (through ecological assessment submissions) that their fishery management regimes comply with the objectives of ecologically sustainable development. The Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage (DEH) is the Commonwealth Government department currently auditing the fishery management agency submissions (unless states have in place accredited alternative audit processes). All submissions must be based on and satisfy the Australian Governments 'Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries', which are publicly available at http://www.deh.gov.au/coasts/fisheries/assessment/guidelines.html. The guidelines cover a number of individual objectives broadly relating to impacts to target species; bycatch and byproduct species; endangered, threatened and protected (ETP) species; ecologically threatened communities; and the marine ecosystem generally.

This document represents the Queensland Government's ecological assessment submission to DEH for the Queensland Coral Fishery (referred to throughout as the QCF). The Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F), has prepared this ecological assessment with the assistance of stakeholders in the fishery. Broadly, the document comprises two parts:

1) Fishery Description - providing a detailed description of the CRF; and

2) Ecological Assessment - detailing the assessment of the CRF against DEH's Guidelines.

The document is divided into sections based on these guidelines, preceded by an introductory description of the fishery. More detailed descriptions of various aspects of the fishery are presented in the Appendices.

Item ID:	45771
Item Type:	Report (Report)
Keywords:	ecological assessment, Queensland fisheries, coral collection fishery, Great Barrier Reef, coral fishery, sustainability
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Date Deposited:	20 Sep 2016 22:37
FoR Codes:	07 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES > 0704 Fisheries Sciences > 070403 Fisheries Management @ 50% 06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0602 Ecology > 060205 Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl Marine Ichthyology) @ 50%
SEO Codes:	83 ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND ANIMAL PRIMARY PRODUCTS > 8302 Fisheries - Wild Caught > 830299 Fisheries- Wild Caught not elsewhere classified @ 100%
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