Revised Release Of LEX 75613 - Briefings And Correspondence Relating To Marine Farming In Macquarie Harbour - EPBC 2012/6406.

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This briefing to the Environment Minister (November 2023) concerns three reconsideration requests under the EPBC Act targeting the 2012 referral decision (EPBC 2012/6406) that classified salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour as not a controlled action if undertaken in a particular manner. The Australia Institute, Bob Brown Foundation, Australian Marine Conservation Society, and Humane Society International submitted requests citing new scientific evidence that salmon farming poses greater impacts on the endangered Maugean skate than previously assessed. A May 2023 Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies report identified increased extinction risk for the species. The departmental delegate determined the reconsideration requests likely met statutory requirements and proposed formally accepting them and commencing public consultation (30 business days) before reconsidering the original decision. The briefing documents the regulatory process for potentially revisiting an active EPBC approval based on updated environmental science regarding threatened species impact.