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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Queensland Commercial Trawl (Fin Fish) Fishery, August 2020

I, STEPHEN OXLEY, First Assistant Secretary, Heritage, Reef and Wildlife Trade Division, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment, pursuant to subsection 303DC(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 revoking the conditions to which the inclusion of the following item in the list on 29 May 2020 is subject:

Specimen that are, or are derived from, fish or invertebrates taken in the Queensland Commercial Trawl (Fin Fish) Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Fisheries Act 1994 (Queensland) and Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019, Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019, Fisheries Declaration 2019 and Fisheries Quota Declaration 2019 (Queensland), but not including:

      1. specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 209 of the EPBC Act (Australia's list of Migratory Species), or

      2. specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 248 of the EPBC Act (Australia's list of Marine Species), or

      3. specimens that belong to eligible listed threatened species, as defined under section 303BC of the EPBC Act, or

      4. specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia's CITES List).

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 31 August 2023.

       * This instrument is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislation Act 2003.

The instrument commences the day after it is registered.

All state and territory legislation referred to in Schedule 2 to the instrument is incorporated as in force at the time this instrument commences.

Dated this 19th day of August 2020

Stephen Oxley
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
Specimen that are, or are derived from, fish or invertebrates taken in the Queensland Commercial Trawl (Fin Fish) Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Fisheries Act 1994 (Queensland) and Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019, Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019, Fisheries Declaration 2019 and Fisheries Quota Declaration 2019 (Queensland), but not including:  Queensland Commercial Trawl (Fin Fish) 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 31 August 2020.
      1.