COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery, March 2019

 

I, PAUL MURPHY, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment, 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 is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislation Act 2003.

 

The instrument commences the day after it is registered.

 

 

Dated this   12th day of   March  2019

 

 

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Delegate of the Minister for the Environment

 

 

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, and specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia’s CITES list), taken in the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery as defined in the Management Plan for the South Australian Commercial Marine Scalefish Fishery 2013 in force under the South Australian Fisheries Management Act 2007

South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery

  • the specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully, and
  • 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.

 

 

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 taken in the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Fisheries Management Act 2007 (SA), the Fisheries Management (Marine Scalefish Fisheries) Regulations 2017 (SA), the Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2017 (SA) and the Fisheries Management (Fish Processor) Regulations 2017 (SA), but not including:

  • specimens that belong to eligible listed threatened species, as defined under section 303BC of the EPBC Act, or
  • specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia’s CITES List).

South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery

  • the specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully;
  • the specimens are included in the list until 13 September 2019.