New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING POLICY NO 62--SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE - SCHEDULE 1A

SCHEDULE 1A – Extensive pond-based aquaculture

(Clause 7A)

Division 1 - Site location requirements

1 Conservation exclusion zones

(1) Must not be carried out on land dedicated or reserved under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 .

(2) Must not be carried out on the following land, except to the extent necessary to gain access to water:

(a) land declared as critical habitat under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 ,

(b) vacant Crown land,

(c) land within a wetland of international significance declared under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.

Note: Nothing in subclause (2) affects any requirement under an Act relating to land specified in subclause (2) to obtain a licence or other authority under that Act for development of the land.

2 Flood liability

Must be designed or constructed on land so that it will not be inundated by the discharge of a 1:100 ARI (average recurrent interval) flood event.

Division 2 - Operational requirements

3 Species selection

Species of fish or marine vegetation cultivated or kept must be consistent with the relevant aquaculture industry development plan.

4 Pond design

(1) Must not require the construction of new ponds, water storages, dams or buildings.

(2) Must not be located on permanent watercourses, creeks, billabongs or isolated outreaches of creeks or rivers.

(3) Must be capable of preventing the escape of stock into natural water bodies or wetlands.

5 Culture water

Must use freshwater.