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A Strategic Approach to the Management of Ornamental Fish in Australia OF ORNAMENTAL FISH OF ORNAMENTAL TO APPROACH A STRATEGIC CONSULTATION DRAFT CONSULTATION IN AUSTRALIA THE MANAGEMENT THE MANAGEMENT A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO THE MANAGEMENT OF ORNAMENTAL FISH IN AUSTRALIA CONSULTATION DRAFT A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO THE MANAGEMENT OF ORNAMENTAL FISH IN AUSTRALIA CONSULTATION DRAFT Marine and Coastal Committee Natural Resource Management Standing Committee 2005 Disclaimer The Commonwealth of Australia acting through the Bureau of Rural Sciences has exercised due care and skill in the preparation and compilation of the information and data set out in this publication. Notwithstanding, the Bureau of Rural Sciences its employees and advisers disclaim all liability, including liability for negligence, for any loss, damage, injury, expense or cost incurred by any person as a result of accessing, using or relying upon any of the information or data set out in this publication to the maximum extent permitted by law. © Commonwealth of Australia 2005 ISBN 0 642 47595 4 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Commonwealth. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Commonwealth Copyright Administration, Intellectual Property Branch, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, GPO Box 2154, Canberra ACT 2601 or at www.dcita.gov.au/cca CONTENTS Public consultation procedure . iv Grey list (species requiring further information/ consideration and risk assessment) . 26 Executive summary . 1 Appendix 2 Noxious aquatic plants . 29 1 Introduction . 2 Water plants as weeds of national significance . 29 Need for a national approach . 4 Water plants with identified establishment Terms of reference . 5 potential . 30 2 Existing controls . 6 Appendix 3 Current regulation of Importation . 6 ornamental fish . 31 Applications to amend the list of Appendix 4 PIAA accreditation scheme . 34 permitted imports . 6 Roles and responsibilities of AQIS Appendix 5 Ornamental Fish Policy and Biosecurity Australia . 6 Working Group membership . 36 State/Territory regulation . 8 Risk assessment framework . 10 Appendix 6 Regional contacts . 37 3 Noxious species . 11 Abbreviations and acronyms . 38 Proposed action . 12 Live rock . 12 Potential management options . 13 Tables Aquatic plants . 14 Table 1 Summary of current national, state and 4 Proposed regulatory framework . 15 territory legislation used for the regulation and control of exotic fish . 7 Regulation of pet shops . 16 Decision support trees for regulation of the Table 2 Indicative information about live rock ornamental fish trade and hobby sectors . 16 harvesting in Australia . 11 5 Management of ornamental pests and Table 3 Options available for management noxious species in Australia . 19 of undesirable species . 18 6 Communication plan . 21 7 Recommendations and next steps . 22 Figures Next steps . 22 Figure 1 Flow chart of DEH live import process . 5 References . 23 Figure 2 Classification of activities on the Appendix 1 Proposed noxious list and grey basis of the sale/trade of fish . 15 list species . 24 Figure 3 Ornamental fish regulation Proposed noxious fish . 24 decision tree . 16 Noxious in all jurisdictions . 24 Noxious in particular climatic or other conditions . 26 A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO THE MANAGEMENT OF ORNAMENTAL FISH IN AUSTRALIA iii PUBLIC CONSULTATION PROCEDURE The general public, ornamental fish traders, breeders Copies of this document are available from the and hobbyists, and other stakeholders are invited to regional contact persons listed in Appendix 6, or provide comment on the draft strategy to inform final by contacting Richard Tilzey (02 6272 4044 or content of the strategy. The consultation period ends [email protected]). Electronic copies can be on 28 February 2006. downloaded from http://www.brs.gov.au/ornamental. Please note that comments should centre on the major The regional contact persons can also provide advice objectives and intent of the proposed strategy, rather on strategic issues relevant to their state or territory. than debating the status of individual fish species and Comments should be mailed to: their inclusion or exclusion as noxious species. As Richard Tilzey stated in the draft strategy, the ‘grey list’ of species is Ornamental Fish Working Group by no means exhaustive and will be subject to Bureau of Rural Sciences thorough review (risk assessment) by a technical GPO Box 858 working group, with major stakeholders being Canberra, ACT 2601 involved in this process. The inclusion of a species on the grey list does not necessarily mean that it will or emailed to: eventually be declared noxious. [email protected] iv A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO THE MANAGEMENT OF ORNAMENTAL FISH IN AUSTRALIA EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The ornamental aquarium fish trade in Australia is but they are no longer on the list and are unlikely to estimated to be worth approximately $350 million have been assessed for their potential risk to the annually. This figure includes commercial fish- environment. There is no consistency between breeding facilities, wholesale traders, retail outlets mechanisms or controls across regulatory agencies to and the hobby industry. deal with the serious issue of noxious aquatic pests, The trade is complex, with each jurisdiction having with the exception of a few species (eg European different regulatory frameworks and management carp). Past efforts to regulate the ornamental fish regimes. Translocation of fish across borders occurs industry have failed, primarily as a result of heavy- with impunity and no-one, apart from some major handed approaches to regulation, and a lack of wholesale businesses and hobby groups, really knows consultation and failure to engage effectively with which species are being traded in Australia, or the industry stakeholders. The Pet Industry Association of numbers of prohibited or noxious fish being bred and Australia (PIAA) has supported this review of the traded in the industry. ornamental fish trade. The PIAA, in association with state and territory governments, has committed to the Ornamental fish present a significant risk to implementation of this report’s recommendations, to freshwater systems in Australia and have the potential ensure that the industry has an economically sound to trigger or contribute to a future major aquatic and environmentally sustainable future. animal pest or disease incursion. This document does not consider disease risks associated with ornamental This report contains seven recommendations for the fish, as those risks are subject to separate review by future management and regulation of the ornamental Biosecurity Australia and the National Aquatic fish trade in Australia (see page 20). The Ornamental Animal Health Committee. Fish Policy Working Group, which researched the industry and developed the recommendations, A number of populations of exotic or non-endemic recognises that unless there is a consistent, national ornamental fish species are established in Australia, approach to regulate and manage the industry, the ad and these ‘pests’ are seriously impacting on hoc approach taken to date will continue, with the biodiversity in our freshwater systems. Some marine likely outcome of further exotic invasions and disease plants, such as Caulerpa taxifolia (which was traded threats to Australian fisheries and aquaculture in the aquarium industry until recently), can have industries. devastating effects on marine systems if released, and future escapes and aquatic invasions need to be avoided. The recommendations of the report address the need for a nationally recognised noxious species list and Many fish species in the trade are not on the current new management frameworks for the ornamental national permitted species lists established under Part sector as a whole. The report also recognises the 13A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity importance of improved communication with Conservation Act 1999 or covered by quarantine all stakeholders through a comprehensive regulations. It may be that such species have been communication plan. permitted under previous statutory arrangements, A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO THE MANAGEMENT OF ORNAMENTAL FISH IN AUSTRALIA 1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Worldwide, the keeping of ornamental fish in aquaria There is an active but difficult to quantify unregulated is a popular hobby; aquaria are a regular sight in trade in fish within hobby associations and between many homes and in workplaces and other public enthusiasts. Given data for the United Kingdom which spaces. In the United Kingdom, for example, the estimates that about 7% of hobbyists keep more than population of pet fish is estimated to be 140 million, 100 fish (over 40% of the total number of pet fish or about two and a half times the human population. owned) and indications that this trend is global, it is In Australia, the total pet fish population is estimated reasonable to assume that there is a significant to be around 12 million (although industry suggests unregulated and (officially) unrecorded trade in fish that this is a conservative estimate). between hobbyists in Australia. This view is certainly In Australia, it is also estimated that between 12% supported by the anecdotal information available in and 14% of the population participate in the aquarist club bulletins, magazines and aquarium websites. hobby at some level (Patrick 1998). The Australian With
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