The limits of merits review and the EPBC Act: Grey nurse sharks, fisheries and the AAT

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dc.contributor.authorDe Hosson, Rachael
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T22:14:08Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.updated2015-12-09T08:04:22Z
dc.description.abstractThe grey nurse shark is listed as a critically-endangered species under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (EPBC Act). One of the primary risks to the continued survival of the species is commercial fishing activity. Part 13A of the EPBC Act prohibits the export of product from a fishery if its operations will be detrimental to the survival of a taxon to which the operation relates. In 2007, the New South Wales Nature Conservation Council (NCC) brought a case in the Commonwealth Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) challenging a decision of the Minister made under Pt 13A that allowed a commercial fishery in New South Wales to continue to export product. The NCC argued that the fishery's continued operation would be detrimental to the survival of the shark. The case was only the second time a decision in relation to fisheries assessment under Pt 13A had been challenged, and the first concerning a State-managed fishery. This article analyses the AAT's judgment and argues that it is flawed in many respects. It then uses the case to assess the role of merits review under the EPBC Act, highlighting that, although the AAT is not an ideal forum for review of environmental decisions, it is nevertheless important. Finally, the Grey Nurse Sharks Case is used to assess the effectiveness of Commonwealth regulation of State and Territory-managed fisheries under Pt 13A.
dc.identifier.issn0813-300X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/50132
dc.publisherThe Law Book Company
dc.sourceEnvironmental and Planning Law Journal
dc.titleThe limits of merits review and the EPBC Act: Grey nurse sharks, fisheries and the AAT
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage244
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage223
local.contributor.affiliationDe Hosson, Rachael, ANU College of Law, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailrepository.admin@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidDe Hosson, Rachael, u4110490
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor180103 - Administrative Law
local.identifier.absfor180111 - Environmental and Natural Resources Law
local.identifier.absseo940406 - Legal Processes
local.identifier.absseo940203 - Political Systems
local.identifier.absseo961303 - Protected Conservation Areas in Marine Environments
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4046278xPUB198
local.identifier.citationvolume27
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84855545704
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4046278
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