Threatened, endangered and protected animal logbook

The threatened, endangered and protected animal (TEP) logbook reports interactions with protected animals.

The TEP logbook must be completed for all commercial fisheries.

The commercial fisher in control of the fishing operation is responsible for meeting the reporting requirements.

What to report

An interaction with a TEP animal means physical contact between:

• a person, boat or fishing apparatus involved in a fishing operation, and
• the animal.

You must record the:

• fishing method
• location of physical contact
• interaction type
• date of interaction
• number of TEP animals sorted by their release condition (dead, alive and uninjured, alive but injured)
• tag or band number (if present)
• species.

How to complete

You must report all interactions in:

• your TEP paper logbook, or
• via the Qld eFisher app.

The logbook must be completed before the end of the day of the interaction with the TEP animal or before the fishing operation ends – whichever occurs first.

You need to have it available for immediate inspection during the fishing operation.

QLD eFisher app

You can submit your TEP logbook through the Qld eFisher app if:

• you operate in an eligible fishery, and
• all other records for this fishing operation are also submitted through the app.

Record all interactions with TEP animals in the ‘Logbook effort’ section.

This must be submitted within 24 hours after the fishing operation ends.

Paper logbook

The paper logbook must be:

• submitted within 7 days after the fishing operation ends.
• received by Fisheries Queensland no more than 15 days after the end of the month for which the record is made.

You can check if the logbook pages have been received on FishNet Secure, under ‘Log Page Receipt'.

You can request a copy of submitted logbook pages.

Phone 13 25 23 if you need a logbook.

Access summary reports

he Qld eFisher fishing operation summary reports are emailed to the fisher at the end of the fishing operation.

You can also request a summary of logbook data.

Why this is required

Under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, commercial fishers must report all interactions with protected species.

Reporting these interactions is necessary to maintain Australian Government Wildlife Trade Operation (WTO) approvals.

The WTO approvals:

• allow certain Queensland fisheries to export seafood to international markets
• are used in Australia to market sustainably sourced seafood.
• protect commercial fishers against prosecution for unintentional interactions with protected species.