COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens

I, CLAIRE HOWLETT, Acting Assistant Secretary, Marine Biodiversity Policy Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts pursuant to subsection 303DC (1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), hereby amend the list of exempt native specimens established under section 303DB of the EPBC 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 Torres Strait Prawn Fishery, as defined in the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984 and Torres Strait Fisheries Regulations 1985.

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 2008.

Dated this 19 day of November 2008

………Signed by Claire Howlett……

Delegate of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts