Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – New South Wales Ocean Trap and Line Fishery and New South Wales Ocean Trawl Fishery, July 2021 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – New South Wales Ocean Trap and Line Fishery and New South Wales Ocean Trawl Fishery, July 2021

I, LAURA TIMMINS, Senior Director, Wildlife Trade Office, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment, pursuant to subsection303DC(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 notations specified 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 1^st  day of July  2021

….………………Laura Timmins…………………….

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 New South Wales Ocean Trap and Line Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Fisheries Management Act 1994 (NSW), the Fisheries Management (Supporting Plan) Regulation 2006 (NSW), and the Fisheries Management (Ocean Trap and Line Share Management Plan) Regulation 2006 (NSW), and the Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2010 (NSW), 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).	New South Wales Ocean Trap 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.
Specimens that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates taken in the New South Wales Ocean Trawl Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Fisheries Management Act 1994 (NSW), the Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2010 (NSW), the Fisheries Management (Ocean Trawl Share Management Plan) Regulation 2006 (NSW), 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).		New South Wales Ocean Trawl 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 New South Wales Ocean Trap and Line Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Fisheries Management Act 1994 (NSW), the Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2019 (NSW), the Fisheries Management (Supporting Plan) Regulation 2006 (NSW), and the Fisheries Management (Ocean Trap and Line Share Management Plan) Regulation 2006 (NSW), 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).	New South Wales Ocean Trap 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.
Specimens that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates taken in the New South Wales Ocean Trawl Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Fisheries Management Act 1994 (NSW), the Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2019 (NSW), the Fisheries Management (Ocean Trawl Share Management Plan) Regulation 2007 (NSW), 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).		New South Wales Ocean Trawl 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.