COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens

I, PAUL MURPHY, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy, pursuant to subsection 303DC(1)(a) 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 revoking the conditions to which the inclusion of the following item in the list is subject:

·         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, and

- specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia’s CITES list)

taken in the Northern Territory Offshore Net and Line Fishery, as defined in the management regime in force under the Northern Territory Fisheries Regulations and the Northern Territory Fisheries Act 1988,

and imposing the following conditions to which inclusion of the specimens in the list is subject:

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

·         the specimens are covered by the declaration of an approved wildlife trade operation under section 303FN of the EPBC Act in relation to the fishery.

Dated this 14^th day of September 2016

…..……………………P. Murphy…………………………

Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy