COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

 

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

 

 

Amendment to List of CITES Species

 

 

 

I, Paul Murphy, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch, delegate of the Minister for the Environment, pursuant to paragraphs 303CA(9)(b) and (c) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, amend the List of CITES Species established under subsection 303CA(1) of that Act, as set out in Schedule 1 to this Instrument.

 

This Instrument will commence on 14 September 2014.

 

 

Dated this       10th      day of    September      2014

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Murphy

 

 

PAUL MURPHY

 

Assistant Secretary

Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch

Delegate of the Minister for the Environment

 

 

 

 

Notes:

 

CITES means the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora made at Washington on 3 March 1973, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time.

 


Amendments to ensure the List of CITES Species established under the Act is consistent with Appendix I, II and III of CITES

 

Add the following to Appendix II of CITES under the appropriate class, order and family, and in alphabetical order:

 

Taxon

Common Name

Appendix

Notation

First Listed

Manta spp.

Manta rays

II

 

14 Sep 2014

Sphyrna mokarran

Great hammerhead shark

II

 

14 Sep 2014

Sphyrna zygaena

Smooth hammerhead shark

II

 

14 Sep 2014

Carcharhinus longimanus

Oceanic whitetip shark

II

 

14 Sep 2014

 

Change the following existing entries to reflect amendments to their CITES Appendix listing and notation:

 

Change:

 Sphyrna lewini

Scalloped hammerhead

III

Listed by Costa Rica

25 Sep 2012

To:

 Sphyrna lewini

Scalloped hammerhead

II

 

25 Sep 2012

Change:

 Lamna nasus

Porbeagle

III

Listed by Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

25 Sep 2012

To:

 Lamna nasus

Porbeagle shark

II

 

25 Sep 2012

 

 

Add the following order under class: Chondrichthyes:

 

Order: Rajiformes

 

 

 

 

 

Add the following family under class: Chondrichthyes, order Rajiformes:

 

Family: Mobulidae

 

 

 

 

 

Add the following family under class: Chondrichthyes, order Carcharhiniformes:

 

Family: Carcharhinidae