Environmental Assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Victorian Rock Lobster Fishery, July 2025
Agency application on ecological sustainability
Learn more about the Victorian Rock Lobster Fishery - DCCEEW
About the application
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water received an application from the Victorian Fisheries Authority on 25 July 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 Parts 13 and 13A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (EPBC Act).
Consideration will be given to:
declaring the Victorian Rock Lobster Fishery, as managed consistent with the Fisheries Act 1995 (Vic) the Fisheries (Fees, Royalties and Levies) Regulations 2017 and the Victorian Rock Lobster Fishery Management Plan 2024, 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 Victorian Rock Lobster Fishery as managed consistent with the Fisheries Act 1995 (Vic) the Fisheries (Fees, Royalties and Levies) Regulations 2017 and the Victorian Rock Lobster Fishery Management Plan 2024.
accrediting the management regime for the Victorian Rock Lobster Fishery under sections 208A, 222A, 245 and 265 of the EPBC Act for the purposes of Divisions 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively of Part 13 of the EPBC Act.
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.
How to get involved
Download the application:
Victorian Rock Lobster Fishery Application [PDF 1.5 MB]
Victorian Rock Lobster Fishery Application [Word 5.07 MB]
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Send your comments
The call for public comments is open from 17 September 2025 until COB 17 October 2025.
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’.
