❓ Hon Giz Watson inquires about a monitoring program for whitebait stocks potentially impacted by a boat launching facility at Port Kennedy. The Minister's response indicates no specific program is planned for the facility, but existing monitoring of whitebait stocks across the West Coast will continue.
AnsweredQoN 5553Legislative Council
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(1) When will a specifically designed monitoring program commence?
(2) What experimental design will be utilised?
(3) For how long will the program be continued?
(4) At what interval will the results be reported?
(5) How much will the monitoring program cost?
(6) How much of the cost will be contributed by the proponent?
(2) What experimental design will be utilised?
(3) For how long will the program be continued?
(4) At what interval will the results be reported?
(5) How much will the monitoring program cost?
(6) How much of the cost will be contributed by the proponent?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
14 November 2007
Responded by
Minister for Fisheries
Response time
29 days
The Minister for Environment's Appeal Determination on Appeals Numbers 015, 016 and 017 of 2007 makes the following reference to the Department of Fisheries "
The management and monitoring of whitebait stocks in the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park is the responsibility of the Department of Fisheries and, with the exception of three existing commercial fishing licences, fishing will be prohibited in the proposed boating exclusion zone
."
This remains the situation.
The statement does not specify that the Department of Fisheries is responsible for monitoring or management of impacts associated with the proposed boat launching facility. The Department will continue to manage the West Coast Beach Bait Managed Fishery, which includes the metropolitan fishery for whitebait. The Port Kennedy area is a component of this fishery. However the Department is not conducting a specifically designed monitoring program for the boat launching facility when it is constructed at Port Kennedy.
(1) The Department does not have plans to undertake a specifically designed monitoring program to assess the impact of a boat launching facility if one is constructed at Port Kennedy but will continue to monitor white bait stocks across the West Coast of WA.
(2) N/A
(3) N/A
(4) N/A The status of the West Coast stocks of whitebait are reported annually in the "State of the Fisheries Report" to Parliament.
(5) N/A
(6) N/A
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The management and monitoring of whitebait stocks in the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park is the responsibility of the Department of Fisheries and, with the exception of three existing commercial fishing licences, fishing will be prohibited in the proposed boating exclusion zone
."
This remains the situation.
The statement does not specify that the Department of Fisheries is responsible for monitoring or management of impacts associated with the proposed boat launching facility. The Department will continue to manage the West Coast Beach Bait Managed Fishery, which includes the metropolitan fishery for whitebait. The Port Kennedy area is a component of this fishery. However the Department is not conducting a specifically designed monitoring program for the boat launching facility when it is constructed at Port Kennedy.
(1) The Department does not have plans to undertake a specifically designed monitoring program to assess the impact of a boat launching facility if one is constructed at Port Kennedy but will continue to monitor white bait stocks across the West Coast of WA.
(2) N/A
(3) N/A
(4) N/A The status of the West Coast stocks of whitebait are reported annually in the "State of the Fisheries Report" to Parliament.
(5) N/A
(6) N/A
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