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Commonwealth of Australia

Declaration under s248 of the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

I, ROBERT MURRAY HILL, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, in pursuance of s248 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby declare that a list of marine species to that Act shall be deemed to be established by inclusion of the following species:

Order Squamata
Family Hydrophiidae - Seasnakes
         Acalyptophis peronii
         Aipysurus apraefrontalis
         Aipysurus duboisii - Duboi's sea snake
         Aipysurus eydouxii - Spine-tailed sea snake
         Aipysurus foliosquama
         Aipysurus fuscus
         Aipysurus laevis - Olive sea snake
         Aipysurus tenuis
         Astrotia stokesii
         Disteira kingii
         Disteira major
         Emydocephalus schistosa
         Ephalophis greyi
         Hydrelaps darwiniensis
         Hydrophis atriceps
         Hydrophis belcheri
         Hydrophis caerulescens
         Hydrophis coggeri
         Hydrophis czeblukovi
         Hydrophis elegans
         Hydrophis gracilis
         Hydrophis inornatus
         Hydrophis mcdowelli
         Hydrophis melanosoma
         Hydrophis ornatus
         Hydrophis pacificus
         Hydrophis vorisi
         Lapemis hardwickii
         Parahydrophis mertoni
         Pelamis platurus- Yellow-bellied sea snake

 Family Laticaudidae - Seasnakes
         Laticauda colubrina - Sea krait
         Laticauda laticaudata - Sea krait

Order Pinnipedis
 Family Otariidae – Eared Seals

         Arctocephalus forsteri - New Zealand fur seal
         Arctocephalus gazella - Antarctic fur seal
         Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus - Australian fur seal
         Arctocephalus tropicalus - Subantarctic fur seal
         Phocarctos hookeri - Hooker's sea lion
         Neophoca cinerea - Australian sea lion

Family Phocidae - 'True' seals
         Hydrurga leptonyx - Leopard seal
         Lobodon carcinophagus - Crab-eater seal
         Leptonychotes weddellii - Weddell seal
         Mirounga leonina - Southern elephant seal
         Ommatophoca rossii - Ross seal

Order Crocodilia
Family Crocodylidae - Crocodiles
         Crocodylus porosus - Estuarine or saltwater crocodile
         Crocodylus johnstoni - Freshwater crocodile

Order Sireni
Family Dugongidae - Dugong
    Dugong dugon - Dugong

Order Testudinata
Family Cheloniidae - Marine turtles
         Caretta caretta - Loggerhead turtle
         Chelonia mydas - Green turtle
         Eretmochelys imbricata - Hawksbill turtle
         Lepidochelys olivacea - Olive ridley turtle
         Natator depressus - Flatback turtle

Family Dermochelyidae - Leatherback turtles
    Dermochelys coriacea - Leatherback turtle

Order Syngnathiformes
Family Syngnathidae - Seahorses, sea-dragons and pipefish
         Acentronura breviperula - Short pouched pygmy-pipehorse
         Bulbonaricus brauni - Braun's pughead pipefish
         Campichthys galei - Gale's pipefish
         Campichthys tricarinatus - Three-keel pipefish
         Campichthys tryoni - Tryon's pipefish
         Choeroichthys brachysoma - Short-bodied pipefish
         Choeroichthys cinctus - Girdled pipefish
         Choeroichthys latispinosus - Murion Island pipefish
         Choeroichthys sculptus - Sculptured pipefish
         Choeroichthys suillus - Pig-snouted pipefish
         Corythoichthys amplexus - Fijian pipefish
         Corythoichthys conspicillatus - Reticulated pipefish
         Corythoichthys flavofasciatus - Yellow-banded pipefish
         Corythoichthys haematopterus - Reef-top pipefish
         Corythoichthys intestinalis - Australian messmate pipefish
         Corythoichthys ocellatus - Orange-spotted pipefish
         Corythoichthys paxtoni - Paxton's pipefish
         Corythoichthys schultzi - Schultz's pipefish
         Corythoichthys sp 1 - Broken-bands pipefish
         Corythoichthys sp 2 - Red-spot pipefish
         Corythoichthys sp 3 - White-faced pipefish
         Cosmocampus howensis - Lord Howe pipefish
         Doryrhamphus janssi - Cleaner pipefish
         Doryrhamphus malus - Masthead Island pipefish
         Doryrhamphus melanopleura - Pacific blue-stripe pipefish
         Doryrhamphus paulus -