Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Queensland East Coast Inshore Fin Fish Fishery, December 2018 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – QUEENSLAND EAST COAST INSHORE FIN FISH FISHERY, DECEMBER 2018

I, MELISSA PRICE, 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 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 18 day of December 2018

Melissa Price

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 Queensland East Coast Inshore Fin Fish Fishery, as defined in the management regime in force under the Queensland Fisheries Act 1994,	Queensland East Coast Inshore Fin Fish 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 Queensland East Coast Inshore Fin Fish Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Fisheries Act 1994 (Queensland) and Fisheries Regulation 2008 (Queensland), 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).	Queensland East Coast Inshore Fin Fish 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.