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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Queensland Blue Swimmer Crab and Queensland Mud Crab fisheries, September 2018

I, PAUL MURPHY, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch, 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 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.

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   26th    day of  September  2018

Paul Murphy

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
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 Blue Swimmer Crab Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Queensland Fisheries Act 1994 and Fisheries Regulation 2008.  Queensland Blue Swimmer Crab 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.

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 Mud Crab Fishery, as defined in the regime, made under the Queensland Fisheries Regulations 2008, in force under the Fisheries Act 1994.       Queensland Mud Crab 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 Blue Swimmer Crab Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Queensland Fisheries Act 1994 (QLD)