About the proposal
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has received an application for the approval of a small-scale Wildlife Trade Operation (WTO) under Part 13A, section 303FN of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The application is for the wild harvest and commercial export of land hermit crabs (Coenobita variabilis) from Western Australia.
If approved, the proposed WTO will remain in place for up to 3 years from the day after the date of its declaration.
How you can get involved
Read the proposal:
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Send your comments
The call for public comments is open from 12 June until 11:59 pm, 14 July 2025.
To assist us in considering comments, the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water encourages you to provide comments under the following headings:
management and methodology
monitoring procedures
ecological sustainability of the operation
other.
Email: wta@dcceew.gov.au
Mail:
The Director
Wildlife Trade Assessments 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’.
