Lease based conditions

1. The permit holder must maintain public liability insurance to a minimum level of $10 million covering the area within which the permit holder is authorised to undertake aquaculture.
2. The permit holder must provide the department with details of the public liability insurance, including the name of the insurer, the nature and level of indemnity, the currency of the cover, and the policy number.
3. The permit holder must indemnify the State of NSW and its agents to the extent set out in the permit holder’s Deed of Undertaking and Acknowledgement.

For any aquaculture lease where oyster reef may be present, the permit holder must comply with the following:

1. The permit holder must farm around the existing oyster reef present within the lease.
2. The permit holder may be directed to modify their farming methods or operation if any impact on the oyster reef is identified.

For any aquaculture lease where seagrasses may be present, the permit holder must comply with the following:

1. During all farming operations, the permit holder must make reasonable attempts to minimise the impact on seagrass within the lease.
2. Unless otherwise approved by NSW DPI, post and rail supported tray and rack infrastructure is not permitted within the lease due to the shading impacts on seagrass.
3. Cultivation methods are restricted to the use of longline systems using cylinders or baskets to reduce the effect of shading on seagrass.
4. The permit holder may be directed to modify their farming methods or operations if any impact on seagrass is identified.

1. The permit holder may only sell diploid Pacific Oyster spat to the holder of a current class A aquaculture permit that authorises diploid Pacific Oyster aquaculture in Port Stephens.
2. The permit holder is authorised by this permit to cultivate diploid Pacific Oysters that have been wild caught in Port Stephens.
3. In line with section 216 of the Fisheries Management Act 1994, the permit holder is authorised to place into the waters of Port Stephens, diploid Pacific Oyster spat that has been imported from interstate under the provisions of the protocol Shellfish Hatchery Protocol - Production and translocation of diploid Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) spat to Port Stephens estuary (refer to www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/dpi/fishing/aquaculture/aquaculture-protocols).
4. In line with section 216 of the Fisheries Management Act 1994, the permit holder is authorised to place into the waters of Port Stephens, diploid Pacific Oyster spat that has been imported from interstate under the provisions of the protocol Shellfish Hatchery Protocol - Production and translocation into Port Stephens estuary of diploid Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) spat produced by Eyre Shellfish, South Australia (refer to www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/dpi/fishing/aquaculture/aquaculture-protocols).
5. The permit holder is not authorised to import from interstate into NSW Pacific Oyster spat of any ploidy, unless in accordance with an approved section 217 import permit.

1. The permit holder is only authorised by this permit to cultivate in the Georges River and/or Hawkesbury River (including Patonga Creek), triploid Pacific Oysters that have been certified a minimum of 85% triploid by the supplier.
2. The permit holder may only sell triploid Pacific Oyster spat to the holder of a current Class A aquaculture permit that authorises triploid Pacific Oyster aquaculture in accordance with any current Biosecurity Control Order issued under section 62 of the Biosecurity Act 2015.
3. In accordance with section 216 of the Fisheries Management Act 1994, the permit holder is authorised to place into the waters of the Georges River and/or Hawkesbury River (including Patonga Creek), 85% triploid Pacific Oyster spat that has been imported from interstate under the provisions of the protocol Shellfish Hatchery Protocol - Production and translocation into the Georges River and the Hawkesbury River, NSW of triploid Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) spat produced by Camerons of Tasmania, Dunalley (refer to www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/aquaculture/publications/general/aquaculture-permit-protocols).
4. The permit holder is not authorised to import from interstate into NSW Pacific Oyster spat of any ploidy, unless in accordance with an approved section 217 import permit.

1. The permit holder is only authorised by this permit to cultivate triploid Pacific Oysters that have been certified as 100% triploid by the supplier.
2. The permit holder may only sell triploid Pacific Oyster spat to the holder of a current Class A aquaculture permit that authorises triploid Pacific Oyster aquaculture in accordance with any current Biosecurity Control Order issued under section 62 of the Biosecurity Act 2015.
3. In accordance with section 216 of the Fisheries Management Act 1994, the permit holder is authorised to place into the waters of Botany Bay, Brisbane Water, Georges River and/or Hawkesbury River (including Patonga Creek), 100% triploid Pacific Oyster spat that has been imported from interstate under the provisions of the protocol Shellfish Hatchery Protocol - Production and translocation into NSW Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome affected estuaries of triploid Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) spat produced by Shellfish Culture Pty Ltd, Tasmania (refer to www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/aquaculture/publications/general/aquaculture-permit-protocols)
4. The permit holder is not authorised to import from interstate into NSW Pacific Oyster spat of any ploidy, unless in accordance with an approved section 217 import permit.

1. The permit holder is only authorised by this permit to cultivate triploid Pacific Oysters that have been certified as 100% triploid by the supplier.
2. The permit holder may only sell triploid Pacific Oyster spat to the holder of a current Class A aquaculture permit that authorises triploid Pacific Oyster aquaculture in accordance with any current Biosecurity Control Order issued under section 62 of the Biosecurity Act 2015.
3. In accordance with section 216 of the Fisheries Management Act 1994, the permit holder is authorised to place into the waters of the Clyde River, Conjola River, Crookhaven/Shoalhaven Rivers, Tweed River and/or Wapengo Lake, 100% triploid Pacific Oyster spat that has been imported from interstate under the provisions of the protocol Shellfish Hatchery Protocol - Production and translocation of triploid Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) spat to NSW Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome unaffected estuaries (refer to www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/aquaculture/publications/general/aquaculture-permit-protocols).
4. The permit holder is not authorised to import from interstate Pacific Oyster spat of any ploidy, unless in accordance with an approved section 217 import permit.

1. The permit holder may only sell triploid Pacific Oyster spat to the holder of a current Class A aquaculture permit that authorises triploid Pacific Oyster aquaculture in accordance with any current Biosecurity Control Order issued under section 62 of the Biosecurity Act 2015.
2. In accordance with section 216 of the Fisheries Management Act 1994, the permit holder is authorised to place into the waters of Port Stephens, 100% triploid Pacific Oyster spat that has been imported from interstate under the provisions of the protocol Shellfish Hatchery Protocol - Production and translocation of triploid Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) spat to NSW Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome unaffected estuaries (refer to www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/aquaculture/publications/general/aquaculture-permit-protocols).
3. The permit holder is not authorised to import from interstate into NSW Pacific Oyster spat of any ploidy, unless in accordance with an approved section 217 import permit.

1. Only triploid Pacific Oysters guaranteed as 100% triploid by the hatchery supplier may be cultivated under this permit.

1. For the purposes of Section 216(1) of the Fisheries Management Act 1994, the permit holder is authorised to place onto the leases authorised by this permit, Sydney Rock Oyster spat produced by AquaFarms Queensland Pty Ltd, under the provisions specified in the Shellfish Hatchery Protocol – Production and Translocation into NSW of Sydney Rock Oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) spat produced by AquaFarms Queensland Pty Ltd, Queensland (see www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/aquaculture/publications/general/aquaculture-permit-protocols).

1. For the purposes of section 216(1) of the Fisheries Management Act 1994, the permit holder is authorised to place onto the leases authorised by this permit, Sydney Rock Oyster spat that has been imported under the provisions specified in the Shellfish Hatchery Protocol – Production and Translocation into NSW Waters of Sydney Rock Oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) spat produced by Victorian Shellfish Hatchery Pty Ltd at 2A Bellarine Hwy, Queenscliff Victoria, 3225 (see www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/aquaculture/publications/general/aquaculture-permit-protocols).
2. For the purposes of section 216(1) of the Fisheries Management Act 1994, the permit holder is authorised to place onto the leases authorised by this permit, Sydney Rock Oyster spat that has been imported under the provisions specified in the Shellfish Hatchery and Translocation Protocol Production and Translocation into NSW Waters of Sydney Rock Oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) spat produced by SeaGen Aquaculture Pty Ltd at 10 Beach Crescent, Newhaven, Victoria, 3925 (see www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/aquaculture/publications/general/aquaculture-permit-protocols).

1. For the purposes of Section 216(1) of the Fisheries Management Act 1994, the permit holder is authorised to place onto the leases authorised by this permit, Sydney Rock Oyster spat produced by an authorised hatchery in Western Australia under the provisions specified in the relevant shellfish hatchery protocol published on the department’s website at www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/aquaculture/publications/general/aquaculture-permit-protocols.

For the purposes of Section 216(1) of the Fisheries Management Act 1994, the permit holder is authorised to place onto the leases authorised by this permit, Sydney Rock Oyster spat produced by an authorised hatchery, under the provisions of the following protocols, which are available at www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/dpi/fishing/aquaculture/aquaculture-protocols:

1. Shellfish Hatchery Protocol – Production and translocation into NSW of Sydney Rock Oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) spat produced by AquaFarms Queensland Pty Ltd, Queensland.
2. Shellfish Hatchery Protocol – Production and translocation into NSW waters of Sydney Rock Oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) spat produced by Victorian Shellfish Hatchery Pty Ltd at 2A Bellarine Hwy, Queenscliff Victoria, 3225.
3. Shellfish Hatchery and Translocation Protocol - Production and translocation into NSW waters of Sydney Rock Oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) spat produced by SeaGen Aquaculture Pty Ltd at 10 Beach Crescent, Newhaven, Victoria, 3925.
4. Shellfish Hatchery and Translocation Protocol - Production and translocation for cultivation in NSW waters of Sydney Rock Oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) spat produced by Athair Aquaculture Pty Ltd at Albany Shellfish Hatchery, Murray Road Torndirrup, Western Australia.
5. Shellfish Hatchery Protocol - Production and translocation of Sydney Rock Oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) spat produced by Tasmanian Oyster Company Ltd, Tasmania.

1. The permit holder is not authorised to cultivate seeded Akoya Oysters and is not authorised to produce pearls.
2. The permit holder must ensure that shell or marine biofouling waste associated with the cultivation and cleaning of unseeded Akoya Pearl Oyster is not deposited into any waterway.

1. The permit holder must ensure that shell or marine biofouling waste associated with the cultivation and cleaning of unseeded Akoya Pearl Oyster is not deposited into any waterway.