FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 92A

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 92A

92A .         Applicant for licence to have management and environmental monitoring plan (MEMP)

        (1)         Unless the applicant is exempt under subsection (4), an application for an aquaculture licence must be accompanied by a management and environmental monitoring plan (a MEMP ) identifying how the applicant will manage any risks to the environment and public safety in relation to the proposed activity for which the licence is sought.

        (2)         The CEO may require a MEMP to be prepared with reference to the matters that the CEO considers relevant, which may include all or any of these matters —

            (a)         the species of fish to be farmed;

            (b)         the quantity of fish to be farmed;

            (c)         the area of land or waters on or in which the fish are to be farmed;

            (d)         the class of land or waters on or in which the fish are to be farmed;

            (e)         the method of farming the fish;

            (f)         the aquaculture gear to be used;

            (g)         proposed stocking densities;

            (h)         the carrying capacity of the area to be used for farming the fish;

                  (i)         water quality (including discharged water quality) and relevant response protocols;

            (j)         sediment quality and relevant response protocols;

            (k)         disease testing and relevant response protocols;

            (l)         maximum nutrient loads and response thresholds;

            (m)         environmental monitoring and relevant response protocols;

            (n)         translocation;

            (o)         biosecurity and quarantine;

            (p)         the impact on protected species and other aquatic fauna;

            (q)         the impact on benthic communities;

            (r)         the audit mechanisms for the MEMP.

        (3)         Unless the licence holder is exempt under subsection (4), an aquaculture licence that was in force immediately before the day on which the Fish Resources Management Amendment Act 2011 section 31 commenced is subject to the condition that the licence holder must, within 2 years after that day, prepare a MEMP for the licence and lodge it with the CEO.

        (4)         The CEO may exempt —

            (a)         a particular applicant from the requirements of subsection (1); or

            (b)         a particular licence holder from the requirements of subsection (3),

                if the application or licence relates to the aquaculture of prescribed fish on private land.

        [Section 92A inserted: No. 43 of 2011 s. 31.]