COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens

I, JOANNE NATHAN, Acting 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 24 September 2010 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, taken lawfully by vessels operating in waters outside the outer limits of the exclusive economic zone of all countries (High Seas) including Australia and its external territories not already covered under existing Australian fisheries management regimes.

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 under a fishing concession issued by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority and legally imported into Australia; and

• the specimens are included in the list until 23 March 2012.

Dated this 6 day of December 2011

……………………J Nathan……………………

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