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List of Exempt Native Specimens Amendment (Commonwealth Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Aquarium Fish Fishery) Instrument, May 2025

I, JESSICA HOEY, Director, Ocean and Wildlife Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water, make the following instrument.

2 May 2025   

SIGNED

Jessica Hoey

Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water


1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Definitions

5  Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

List of Exempt Native Specimens Instrument 2001

 


 

  This instrument is the List of Exempt Native Specimens Amendment (Commonwealth Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Aquarium Fish Fishery) Instrument, May 2025.

  This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

  This instrument is made under subsection 303DC(1)(a) of the EPBC Act.

  In this instrument:

  EPBC Act means the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

  1.         Under the heading Freshwater and Marine Animals

Omit the following rows in the table:

 

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, taken in the Western Australian Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Aquarium Fishery.

Western Australian Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Aquarium Fishery

The specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully;
The specimens are included on the list until 30 May 2025.

2  Under the heading Freshwater and Marine Animals

Insert the following rows in the appropriate place in the table:
 

Taxon/Item

Common Name

Notation

Specimens that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates taken in the Commonwealth Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Aquarium Fish Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 (WA) (CKI), the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955 (Cth), and the Fish Resources Management Regulations 1995 (WA) (CKI), but not including:

  1.     specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 209 of the EPBC Act (Australia’s List of Migratory Species), or
  2.    specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 248 of the EPBC Act (Australia’s List of Marine Species), or
  3.     specimens that belong to eligible listed threatened species, as defined under section 303BC of the EPBC Act, or
  4.     specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia’s CITES List).

Commonwealth Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Aquarium Fish Fishery

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

 

The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communication and the Arts must inform the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water of any intended material changes to the Commonwealth Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Aquarium Fish Fishery management arrangements that may affect the assessment against which EPBC Act decisions are made.

 

The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communication and the Arts must inform the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water of any intended changes to fisheries legislation that may affect the legislative instruments relevant to this approval.

 

The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communication and the Arts must produce and provide reports on the Commonwealth Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Aquarium Fish Fishery to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water by 31 March annually, as per Appendix B of the Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries – 2nd Edition.

 

The specimens are included in the list until 12 May 2030.