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.
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 |
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Add the following family under class: Chondrichthyes, order Rajiformes:
Family: Mobulidae |
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Add the following family under class: Chondrichthyes, order Carcharhiniformes:
Family: Carcharhinidae |
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