Environmental Assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Tasmanian Native Oyster Fishery, November 2025
Agency application on ecological sustainability
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About the application
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water received an application from the Tasmanian Department of Natural Resources and Environment on 24 November 2025. The application has been prepared to address the Guidelines for the ecologically sustainable management of fisheries – 2nd edition and will be used to assess the operation of the fishery for the purposes of Part 13A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (EPBC Act).
Consideration will be given to:
declaring the Tasmanian Native Oyster Fishery, as managed consistent with the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995, the Fisheries (Shellfish) Rules 2017 and the Fisheries Rules 2019 as an approved wildlife trade operation under section 303FN of the EPBC Act.
including in the list of exempt native specimens, specimens harvested in the Tasmanian Native Oyster Fishery, as managed consistent with the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995, Fisheries (Shellfish) Rules 2017 and the Fisheries Rules 2019.
In accordance with the provisions of sections 303FR and 303DC of the EPBC Act, you are invited to comment on this proposal.
Any comments received will form part of the documentation provided to the Australian Government Minister for the Environment and Water, or the minister’s delegate for decision.
Download the application
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Send your comments
The call for public comments is open from 10 December 2025 until 23 January 2026.
Comments can be sent by email or writing to:
Email:
sustainablefisheries@dcceew.gov.au
Mail:
The Director
Sustainable Fisheries Section
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
GPO BOX 3090
Canberra ACT 2601
Privacy and confidentiality
Copies of comments may be made available to other persons with a particular interest in the application. If you wish your comments to remain confidential, please clearly mark the relevant part(s) of your comments as ‘confidential’.
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