COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens

I, NEIL HUGHES, A/g Assistant Secretary, Marine Biodiversity Policy Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for Environment Protection, 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 that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates, other than specimens that belong to species listed under Part 13 of the Act, taken in the Southern Squid Jig Fishery, as defined in the Southern Squid Jig Fishery Management Plan 2005, in force under the Commonwealth 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 specimens are included on the list until 30 April 2015.

Dated this 22nd day of April 2010

……………………Neil Hughes………………………

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