COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens

I, NIGEL ROUTH, Assistant Secretary, Marine Biodiversity Policy Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 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 revoking the conditions to which the inclusion of the following item in the list on 1 December 2004 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 Act, taken in the Western Australian South Coast Crustacean Fishery

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;
• by September 2011, the Department of Fisheries Western Australia to implement new proposed management arrangements in the South Coast Crustacean Fishery that will improve the ecological sustainability of the fishery and seek to address the sustainability issues outlined in “The South Coast Crustacean Fishery - A Discussion Paper”; and
• the specimens are included in the list until 30 September 2011.

Dated this 28th day of  September 2010

………………………Nigel Routh……………………

Delegate of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities