Comments on this application closed 3 February 2022. The text and documents below remain available for reference only.
About the application
The Department of the Environment and Energy has received an application for a permit to kill, injure, take, trade, keep or move a listed threatened species in a Commonwealth Area under Part 13, section 200 and to kill, injure, take, trade, keep or move a listed migratory species under Part 13, section 215 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The application is for tagging, biopsies and bio-logging of White Shark (Carcharodon Carcharias) and Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrhinchus) in Commonwealth Waters offshore from the east coast of New South Wales, extending to Lord Howe Island. Carcharodon Carcharias is a listed migratory species and a listed threatened species under the EPBC Act. Isurus oxyrhinchus is a listed migratory species under the EPBC act.
Please see the documents below for further details on the proposal.
How can I get involved?
If the application for a permit to conduct the activity is approved the permit will be valid for a period of up to five years.
In accordance with the provisions of section 200(3) of the EPBC Act, you are invited to comment on this proposal.
Please submit your comments by 3 February 2022.
Read the application
General Permit Application (PDF - 419 KB)
General Permit Application (DOCX - 238 KB)
Supplementary Form C (PDF - 700 KB)
Supplementary Form C (DOCX - 617 KB)
Additional Information for Supplementary Form C (PDF - 1.2 MB)
Additional Information for Supplementary Form C (DOCX - 2.6 MB)
Relevant Qualifications (PDF - 178 KB)
Relevant Qualifications (DOCX - 92 KB)
Ethics Approval Notice (PDF - 80 KB)
Ethics Approval Notice (DOCX - 32 KB)
Send your comments
Please include your full name and address in your submission.
Comments should be addressed to:
The Director
Northern NSW Assessments Section
Environmental Approvals Division
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601
or can be e-mailed to: EPBC.permits@awe.gov.au
To assist in considering comments, you are encouraged to provide comments under the following headings:
- Management and methodology
- Monitoring procedures
- Ecological sustainability of the operation
- Animal welfare
- Other