Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens Queensland East Coast Pearl Fishery and Victorian Scallop Fishery (16/12/2014) (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, pursuant to subsection303DC(1) 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 revoking the conditions to which the inclusion of the following items in the list is subject:

·     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 Victorian Scallop Fishery

·     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 Queensland East Coast Pearl Fishery, as defined in the management regime in force under the Queensland Fisheries Act 2004 and Fisheries Regulation 2008

and imposing the following conditions to which inclusion of the specimens in the list is subject:

·the specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully, and

·the specimens are included in the list until 15 January 2016.

Dated this 16^th day of December 2014

..…….……………Paul.Murphy….…………………

Delegate of the Minister for the Environment