COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
I, PAUL MURPHY, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy, having satisfied myself on the matters set out in section 303FN of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), declare the operation that is specified in column 1 of Table 1, to be an approved wildlife trade operation under subsection 303FN (2) of the EPBC Act, but only to the extent the operation relates to the class of specimens specified in column 2 of Table 1.
Table 1
Operation | Class of Specimens |
Northern Territory Aquarium Fishery (being the Aquarium Fishing/Display Fishery as defined in the Northern Territory Fisheries Regulations in force under the Northern Territory Fisheries Act 1988). | Specimens that are, or are derived from, fish or invertebrates, other than: a) specimens that belong to species listed under Part 13 of the EPBC Act, except for specimens collected in Northern Territory waters, and b) specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Part 13A), except for specimens that belong to taxa listed in Schedule 2. |
This declaration:
a) is valid until 6 December 2019; and
b) is subject to the conditions under section 303FT of the EPBC Act specified in the Schedule 1.
Dated this 8th day of December 2016
……………….……Paul Murphy……………………
Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy
A person whose interests are affected by this declaration may, within 28 days, make an application in writing to the Department of the Environment and Energy for the reasons for the decision.
An application for independent review of the decision (under section 303GJ (1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), on payment of the relevant fee (currently $884 or reduced fee where applicable due to financial hardship) by the applicant, either within 28 days of receipt of the reasons for the decision, or within 28 days of this declaration if reasons for the decision are not sought. Applications should be made to the Deputy Registrar, AAT in your Capital City. Please visit the AAT’s website at http://www.aat.gov.au/ for further information.
You may make an application under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) to access documents relevant to this decision. For further information, please visit http://www.environment.gov.au/foi/index.html.
Further enquiries should be directed to the Director, Sustainable Fisheries Section, Department of the Environment and Energy, Telephone: (02) 6274 1917 Email: sustainablefisheries@environment.gov.au.
ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS (section 303FT)
Relating to the harvesting of fish specimens that are, or are derived from, fish or invertebrates, other than specimens of species listed under Part 13 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), except for specimens collected in Northern Territory waters, taken in the Northern Territory Aquarium Fishery subject to the following conditions:
Scleractinian coral | Acropora nana | Echinophyllia aspera | Goniastrea palauensis |
Acanthastrea bowerbanki | Acropora nasuta | Echinophyllia orpheensis | Goniastrea pectinata |
Acanthastrea echinata | Acropora nobilis | Euphyllia ancora | Goniastrea retiformis |
Acanthastrea hemprichii | Acropora palifera | Euphyllia cristata | Goniopora columna |
Acanthastrea hillae | Acropora palmerae | Euphyllia divisa | Goniopora djiboutiensis |
Acanthastrea lordhowensis | Acropora papillare | Euphyllia glabrescens | Goniopora eclipsensis |
Acanthastrea maxima | Acropora polystoma | Euphyllia paraancora | Goniopora lobata |
Acanthastrea maxima | Acropora pulchra | Favia favus | Goniopora minor |
Acanthastrea micromussa | Acropora robusta | Favia helianthoides | Goniopora norfolkensis |
Acropora abrotanoides | Acropora russelli | Favia laxa | Goniopora pandoraensis |
Acropora aculeus | Acropora samoensis | Favia lizardensis | Goniopora pendulus |
Acropora acuminata | Acropora sarmentosa | Favia maritima | Goniopora somaliensis |
Acropora anthocercis | Acropora selago | Favia matthaii | Goniopora stokesi |
Acropora aspera | Acropora solitaryensis | Favia maxima | Goniopora stutchburyi |
Acropora austera | Acropora spicifera | Favia pallida | Goniopora tenuidens |
Acropora brueggemanni | Acropora stoddarti | Favia rotumana | Heliofungia actiniformis |
Acropora bushyensis | Acropora subglabra | Favia rotundata | Herpolitha limax |
Acropora cardenae | Acropora subulata | Favia speciosa | Heteractis crispa |
Acropora cerealis | Acropora tenuis | Favia stelligera | Heteractis magnifica |
Acropora clathrata | Acropora tortuosa | Favia truncatus | Heteractis malu |
Acropora cytherea | Acropora turaki | Favia veroni | Hydnophora exesa |
Acropora danai | Acropora valenciennesi | Favites abdita | Hydnophora microconos |
Acropora dendrum | Acropora valida | Favites chinensis | Hydnophora pilosa |
Acropora digitifera | Acropora vaughani | Favites complanata | Hydnophora rigida |
Acropora divaricata | Acropora verweyi | Favites flexuosa | Leptastrea purpurea |
Acropora donei | Acropora willisae | Favites halicora | Leptastrea transversa |
Acropora echinata | Acropora yongei | Favites paraflexuosa | Leptogorgia virgulata |
Acropora efflorescence | Alveopora allingi | Favites pentagona | Leptoria phrygia |
Acropora elseyi | Alveopora spongiosa | Favites russelli | Leptoseris explanata |
Acropora exquisita | Alveopora tizardi | Fungia concinna | Lithophyllon edwardsi |
Acropora florida | Alveopora verrilliana | Fungia costulata | Lithophyllon undulatum |
Acropora formosa | Astreopora expansa | Fungia cyclolites | Lobophyllia corymbosa |
Acropora gemmifera | Astreopora gracilis | Fungia distorta | Lobophyllia diminuta |
Acropora glauca | Astreopora myriophthalma | Fungia fragilis | Lobophyllia hataii |
Acropora grandis | Astreopora ocellata | Fungia fungites | Lobophyllia hemprichii |
Acropora granulosa | Astreopora randalli | Fungia granulosa | Lobophyllia pachysepta |
Acropora horrida | Australogyra zelli | Fungia horrida | Lobophyllia robusta |
Acropora humilis | Australomussa rowleyensis | Fungia klunzingeri | Merulina sp |
Acropora hyacinthus | Balanophyllia cornu | Fungia patelliformis | Micromussa amakusensis |
Acropora Indiana | Balanophyllia generatrix | Fungia paumotensis | Micromussa diminuta |
Acropora intermedia | Blastomussa wellsi | Fungia repanda | Montastrea curta |
Acropora latistella | Caulastrea sp | Fungia scruposa | Montastrea magnistellata |
Acropora listeri | Catalaphyllia jardinei | Fungia scutaria | Montastrea valenciennesi |
Acropora loisetteae | Ctenactis albitentaculata | Fungia sinensis | Montipora aequituberculata |
Acropora longicyathus | Ctenactis echinata | Fungia tenuis | Montipora angulata |
Acropora lovelli | Cynarina lacrymalis | Galaxea astreata | Montipora australiensis |
Acropora lutkeni | Cyphastrea chalcidicum | Galaxea fascicularis | Montipora calcarea |
Acropora microclados | Cyphastrea microphthalma | Goniastrea aspera | Montipora caliculata |
Acropora microphthalma | Cyphastrea seralia | Goniastrea australensis | Montipora capricornis |
Acropora millepora | Dendrophyllia arbuscula | Goniastrea edwardsi | Montipora crassituberculata |
Acropora monticulosa | Duncanopsammia axifuga | Goniastrea favulus | Montipora danae |
Montipora digitata | Mycedium elephantotus | Pocillopora woodjonesi | Scolymia vitiensis |
Montipora efflorescens | Oxypora lacera | Podabacia crustacea | Seriatopora hystrix |
Montipora floweri | Oxypora sp | Polyphyllia talpina | Stylophora pistillata |
Montipora foliosa | Pavona cactus | Porites annae | Stylophora subseriata |
Montipora foveolata | Pavona decussata | Porites aranetai | Symphyllia agaricia |
Montipora grisea | Pavona explanata | Porites australiensis | Symphyllia radians |
Montipora hispida | Pavona maldivensis | Porites cylindrica | Symphyllia recta |
Montipora hoffmeisteri | Pavona varians | Porites evermanni | Symphyllia valenciennesii |
Montipora incrassata | Pavona venosa | Porites heronensis | Trachyphyllia geoffroyi |
Montipora informis | Pectinia lactuca | Porites lichen | Tubastraea micranthus |
Montipora millepora | Pectinia paeonia | Porites lobata | Tubipora musica |
Montipora mollis | Pectinia teres | Porites lutea | Tubipora musica |
Montipora monasteriata | Physogyra lichtensteini | Porites murrayensis | Turbinaria bifrons |
Montipora nodosa | Platygyra daedalea | Porites nigrescens | Turbinaria conspicua |
Montipora peltiformis | Platygyra lamellina | Porites rus | Turbinaria frondens |
Montipora spongodes | Platygyra pini | Porites solida | Turbinaria mesenterina |
Montipora spumosa | Platygyra ryukyuensis | Porites stephensoni | Turbinaria patula |
Montipora stellata | Platygyra sinensis | Porites vaughani | Turbinaria peltata |
Montipora tuberculosa | Platygyra verweyi | Psammocora contigua | Turbinaria radicalis |
Montipora turgescens | Plerogyra sinuosa | Psammocora digitata | Turbinaria reniformis |
Montipora turtlensis | Plesiastrea versipora | Psammocora explanulata | Turbinaria stellulata |
Montipora undata | Pocillopora damicornis | Psammocora haimeana | Giant clams |
Montipora venosa | Pocillopora eydouxi | Psammocora nierstraszi | Tridacna maxima |
Montipora verrucosa | Pocillopora meandrina | Psammocora profundacella | Tridacna squamosa |
Moseleya latistellata | Pocillopora verrucosa | Psammocora superficialis | Live rock |