COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Tasmanian Marine Plant Fishery December 2017

I, ILSE KIESSLING, Acting Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy, pursuant to subsection 303DC(1)(a) 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 deleting from the list specimens and any associated restrictions or conditions as set out in Schedule 1, and by including in the list specimens and associated restrictions or conditions as set out in Schedule 2.

This instrument commences the day after it is registered.

State legislation referred to in Schedule 2 is incorporated as in force at the time this instrument commences.

Dated this 18 day of December 2017

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Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy

SCHEDULE 1

Under the heading Freshwater and Marine Animals delete from the list the following items and any associated notations:

Taxon/Item

Common Name

Notation

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 (other than a species listed in the conservation dependent category) and specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia’s CITES list), taken in the Tasmanian Marine Plant Fishery, as defined in the management regime made under the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 (TAS) and subordinate legislation.

Tasmanian King Island Cast Bull Kelp Fishery

The specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully;

and

The specimens are included in the list until 22 December 2017.

SCHEDULE 2

Under the heading Freshwater and Marine Animals include in the list the following items and associated notations:

Taxon/Item

Common Name

Notation

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 (other than a species listed in the conservation dependent category), and specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia’s CITES list), taken in the Tasmanian Marine Plant Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 (Tas) and Fisheries (Marine Plant) Rules 2017 (Tas).

Tasmanian Marine Plant Fishery

The specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully;

The specimens are covered by the declaration of an approved wildlife trade operation under section 303FN of the EPBC Act in relation to the fishery.