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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

 

 

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Western Australian G-Trap Fishery – Australian Herring, March 2024

 

 

I, BELINDA JAGO, Branch Head, Ocean and Wildlife Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water, 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 including in the list specimens and any notations specified in Schedule 1.

 

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 7th day of March 2024

 

 

 

BELINDA JAGO

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Delegate of the Minister for the Environment

 


SCHEDULE 1

 

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

 

Taxon/Item

Common Name

Notation

Australian Herring (Arripis georgianus) taken in the Western Australian G-Trap Fishery – Australian Herring as defined in the management regime in force under the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 (WA) and Fish Resources Management Regulations 1995 (WA), and excluding:

(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).

Western Australian G-Trap Fishery – Australian Herring

-          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.