Proposed determinations
Proposed determinations now open for comment:
The Fisheries Scientific Committee (FSC) is an independent scientific committee established under Part 7A of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 (FM Act).
One of its principal functions relates to listing species, populations, ecological communities of fish and marine vegetation and key threatening processes in the threatened species schedules of the FM Act.
Proposed Determinations are placed on public exhibition for comment. Submissions on Proposed Determinations can be sent to the FSC.
The reasons for listing determinations are included in the Committee’s determinations, available at Guide to nominating threatened fish and marine vegetation. The Proposed Determinations can also be viewed at the DPIRD Offices in NSW.
The FSC is now accepting submissions on the following proposed determinations:
Key Threatening Process | Proposed Determination |
Block and Chain Moorings Threatening Posidonia australis | List as a Key Threatening Process in Schedule 6 of the Act. |
The FSC reviewed information and found that the block and chain moorings and assessed the threat to Posidonia australis meadows under the criteria set out in the Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2019.
Further information, including the submitted nomination and the proposed determination, is available below
Block and Chain Moorings Threatening Posidonia australis submitted nomination form
Written submissions will only be accepted. Any person may make a written submission which should be forwarded by email to fsc@dpird.nsw.gov.au or by post to:
Fisheries Scientific Committee
c/- NSW DPIRD, Fisheries
Port Stephens Fisheries Institute,
Locked Bag 1, Nelson Bay NSW 2316
Submissions must be received by 11.59PM (AEDT) 6 September 2026.
Proposed determinations open for public comment
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Block and chain moorings threatening Posidonia australis as a Key Threatening Process | PDF, 233.1 KB |
