Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens Coral Sea Fishery (16/11/2016) (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens

I, PAUL MURPHY, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy, 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.

Dated this                   16th                 day of              November       2016

….……………………Paul Murphy…………………….

Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy

SCHEDULE 1

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 (other than a species listed in the conservation dependent category), and specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia’s CITES list) taken in the Coral Sea Fishery, as defined in the Commonwealth Fisheries Management Regulations 1992.	Coral Sea 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.

SCHEDULE 2

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 (other than a species listed in the conservation dependent category), and specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia’s CITES list) taken in the Coral Sea Fishery, as defined in the Commonwealth Fisheries Management Act 1991 and the Commonwealth Fisheries Management Regulations 1992.	Coral Sea Fishery	the specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully; and the specimens are included in the list until 30 June 2017.