Fisheries Management Amendment (Threatened Species Conservation) Order (No 3) 2004 (NSW)

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New South Wales

Fisheries Management Amendment (Threatened Species Conservation) Order (No 3) 2004

under the

Fisheries Management Act 1994

I, the Minister for Primary Industries, in pursuance of section 220D of the

Fisheries Management Act 1994, make the following Order.

Dated, this 21st day of September 2004.

IAN MICHAEL MACDONALD, M.L.C.,

Minister for Primary Industries

Explanatory note
Part 7A of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 (the Act) deals with the conservation of threatened species, populations and ecological communities of fish and marine vegetation. For the purposes of identification and classification, provision is made for the listing:

(a)	in Schedule 4 to the Act, of endangered species, endangered populations, and endangered ecological communities and species that are presumed to be extinct, and
(b)	in Schedule 5, of vulnerable species, and
(c)	in Schedule 6, of key threatening processes.

Under the Act, listings and amendments to listings are to be made by the Minister by order on the recommendation of the Fisheries Scientific Committee (the Committee).

The object of this Order is to list southern bluefin tuna as an endangered species in Part

1 of Schedule 4 to the Act (Endangered species), as recommended by the Committee.

Published in Gazette No 198 of 10 December 2004, page 8989	Page 1
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Fisheries Management Amendment (Threatened Species Conservation) Order (No 3) 2004
Explanatory note

The Committee has recommended this listing because it considers that the species is likely to become extinct in nature in New South Wales unless the circumstances and factors threatening its survival or evolutionary development cease to operate.

The Committee’s recommendation is available for inspection on the Internet at

This Order is made under section 220D of the Fisheries Management Act 1994.

Fisheries Management Amendment (Threatened Species Conservation)	2004 No 812
Order (No 3) 2004	Clause 1

1      Name of Order

This Order is the Fisheries Management Amendment (Threatened

Species Conservation) Order (No 3) 2004.

2 Commencement

This Order takes effect on the date that it is published in the Gazette.

3 Amendment of Fisheries Management Act 1994

The Fisheries Management Act 1994 is amended by inserting in

alphabetical order in Part 1 of Schedule 4 under the heading “Fish”:

Thunnus maccoyii southern bluefin tuna

BY AUTHORITY