COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens

I, ANDREW MCNEE, Assistant Secretary, Marine Environment Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, pursuant to subsection 303DC(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act), hereby amend the list of exempt native specimens established under section 303DB of the Act by including in the list the following specimens:

·        Specimens that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates, other than specimens that belong to species listed under Part 13 of the EPBC Act, taken in the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery, as defined in the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2005, made under the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

with a notation that inclusion of the specimens in the list is subject to the following restrictions or conditions:

·        The specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully; and

·        The specimen is included on the list until 1 December 2009.

Dated this         14th                 day of               April                 2006

ANDREW MCNEE

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Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Heritage