❓ Hon Robin Chapple questions the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries regarding the inadequacies of marine planning processes in the Kimberley region, specifically concerning a pearl farm lease granted to Paspaley Pearling Company. The Minister acknowledges the issues but cites limitations of the Pearling Act.
AnsweredQoN 743Legislative Council
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In a letter of April 22 2003, the Minister rejected an appeal lodged by myself against the Executive Director’s decision to grant a pearl farm lease to Paspaley Pearling Company Pty Ltd in Encounter Cove. In this letter the Minister wrote ‘You have raised some important matters regarding the inadequacies of marine planning processes in the Kimberley region, which I intend to discuss further with my Parliamentary colleagues’. Can the Minister advise -
(1) Which of the matters I raised regarding the inadequacies of marine planning processes in the Kimberley region does the Minister consider to be important?
(2) Did he in fact have further discussions regarding these matters with the Minister’s Parliamentary colleagues?
(3) Did any such discussions reveal new information pertinent to the original grounds of appeal lodged by myself?
(4) How does any such information affect the Minister’s original decision to grant the lease at Encounter Cove?
(1) Which of the matters I raised regarding the inadequacies of marine planning processes in the Kimberley region does the Minister consider to be important?
(2) Did he in fact have further discussions regarding these matters with the Minister’s Parliamentary colleagues?
(3) Did any such discussions reveal new information pertinent to the original grounds of appeal lodged by myself?
(4) How does any such information affect the Minister’s original decision to grant the lease at Encounter Cove?
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Answered
10 June 2003
Responded by
Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Response time
33 days
· There is no plan for the overall and sustainable management of the Kimberley coast; · There are no agreed guidelines on how ‘wilderness areas’are to be designated or managed. · Western Australia has no marine planning legislation that would give statutory backing to any plans that were prepared. · In the absence of a suitable legislative and planning framework, the Minister for Fisheries and the Executive Director of Fisheries must make decisions within the constraints of the powers conferred to them under the Pearling Act 1990. · The Pearling Act is primarily a fisheries management Act and was not drafted as a comprehensive planning tool. · A review of the Pearling Act is currently underway, but it is not envisaged that the primary objective of sustainable fisheries management will change. (2) There has been correspondence between my parliamentary colleagues regarding the matter. (3) No. (4) Not applicable.
· There are no agreed guidelines on how ‘wilderness areas’are to be designated or managed. · Western Australia has no marine planning legislation that would give statutory backing to any plans that were prepared. · In the absence of a suitable legislative and planning framework, the Minister for Fisheries and the Executive Director of Fisheries must make decisions within the constraints of the powers conferred to them under the Pearling Act 1990. · The Pearling Act is primarily a fisheries management Act and was not drafted as a comprehensive planning tool. · A review of the Pearling Act is currently underway, but it is not envisaged that the primary objective of sustainable fisheries management will change. (2) There has been correspondence between my parliamentary colleagues regarding the matter. (3) No. (4) Not applicable.
· Western Australia has no marine planning legislation that would give statutory backing to any plans that were prepared. · In the absence of a suitable legislative and planning framework, the Minister for Fisheries and the Executive Director of Fisheries must make decisions within the constraints of the powers conferred to them under the Pearling Act 1990. · The Pearling Act is primarily a fisheries management Act and was not drafted as a comprehensive planning tool. · A review of the Pearling Act is currently underway, but it is not envisaged that the primary objective of sustainable fisheries management will change. (2) There has been correspondence between my parliamentary colleagues regarding the matter. (3) No. (4) Not applicable.
· In the absence of a suitable legislative and planning framework, the Minister for Fisheries and the Executive Director of Fisheries must make decisions within the constraints of the powers conferred to them under the Pearling Act 1990. · The Pearling Act is primarily a fisheries management Act and was not drafted as a comprehensive planning tool. · A review of the Pearling Act is currently underway, but it is not envisaged that the primary objective of sustainable fisheries management will change. (2) There has been correspondence between my parliamentary colleagues regarding the matter. (3) No. (4) Not applicable.
· The Pearling Act is primarily a fisheries management Act and was not drafted as a comprehensive planning tool. · A review of the Pearling Act is currently underway, but it is not envisaged that the primary objective of sustainable fisheries management will change. (2) There has been correspondence between my parliamentary colleagues regarding the matter. (3) No. (4) Not applicable.
· A review of the Pearling Act is currently underway, but it is not envisaged that the primary objective of sustainable fisheries management will change. (2) There has been correspondence between my parliamentary colleagues regarding the matter. (3) No. (4) Not applicable.
(2) There has been correspondence between my parliamentary colleagues regarding the matter. (3) No. (4) Not applicable.
(3) No. (4) Not applicable.
(4) Not applicable.
· There are no agreed guidelines on how ‘wilderness areas’are to be designated or managed. · Western Australia has no marine planning legislation that would give statutory backing to any plans that were prepared. · In the absence of a suitable legislative and planning framework, the Minister for Fisheries and the Executive Director of Fisheries must make decisions within the constraints of the powers conferred to them under the Pearling Act 1990. · The Pearling Act is primarily a fisheries management Act and was not drafted as a comprehensive planning tool. · A review of the Pearling Act is currently underway, but it is not envisaged that the primary objective of sustainable fisheries management will change. (2) There has been correspondence between my parliamentary colleagues regarding the matter. (3) No. (4) Not applicable.
· Western Australia has no marine planning legislation that would give statutory backing to any plans that were prepared. · In the absence of a suitable legislative and planning framework, the Minister for Fisheries and the Executive Director of Fisheries must make decisions within the constraints of the powers conferred to them under the Pearling Act 1990. · The Pearling Act is primarily a fisheries management Act and was not drafted as a comprehensive planning tool. · A review of the Pearling Act is currently underway, but it is not envisaged that the primary objective of sustainable fisheries management will change. (2) There has been correspondence between my parliamentary colleagues regarding the matter. (3) No. (4) Not applicable.
· In the absence of a suitable legislative and planning framework, the Minister for Fisheries and the Executive Director of Fisheries must make decisions within the constraints of the powers conferred to them under the Pearling Act 1990. · The Pearling Act is primarily a fisheries management Act and was not drafted as a comprehensive planning tool. · A review of the Pearling Act is currently underway, but it is not envisaged that the primary objective of sustainable fisheries management will change. (2) There has been correspondence between my parliamentary colleagues regarding the matter. (3) No. (4) Not applicable.
· The Pearling Act is primarily a fisheries management Act and was not drafted as a comprehensive planning tool. · A review of the Pearling Act is currently underway, but it is not envisaged that the primary objective of sustainable fisheries management will change. (2) There has been correspondence between my parliamentary colleagues regarding the matter. (3) No. (4) Not applicable.
· A review of the Pearling Act is currently underway, but it is not envisaged that the primary objective of sustainable fisheries management will change. (2) There has been correspondence between my parliamentary colleagues regarding the matter. (3) No. (4) Not applicable.
(2) There has been correspondence between my parliamentary colleagues regarding the matter. (3) No. (4) Not applicable.
(3) No. (4) Not applicable.
(4) Not applicable.
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