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 Water Resources 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 specimen:

• Native oyster (Ostrea angasi)

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 in accordance with the Fisheries (Shellfish) Rules 2007 in force under the Tasmanian Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995; and

• The specimen is included on the list until 12 May 2012.

Dated this  Seventh day of   May 2007

………………Andrew McNee………………

Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources