COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

 

 

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Northern Territory Offshore Net and Line Fishery, March 2022

 

 

I, ADAM SINCOCK, Principal Director, Wildlife Trade Office, 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 notations specified in Schedule 1, and by including in the list specimens and associated notations specified 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 29th day of March 2022

 

 

 

 

Adam Sincock

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 taken in the Northern Territory Offshore Net and Line Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Fisheries Act 1988 (Northern Territory) and Fisheries Regulations 1993 (Northern Territory), 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).

Northern Territory Offshore Net and Line 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 Northern Territory Offshore Net and Line Fishery as defined in the management plan in force under the Fisheries Act 1988 (NT) and Fisheries Regulations 1992 (NT), but not including:

(a)   specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 209 of the EPBC Act (Australia’s List of Migratory Species), or

(b)   specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 248 of the EPBC Act (Australia’s List of Marine Species), or

(c)   specimens that belong to eligible listed threatened species, as defined under section 303BC of the EPBC Act, or

(d)   specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia’s CITES List).

Northern Territory Offshore Net and Line 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.