COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – New South Wales Ocean Trap and Line Fishery, June 2024

I, BELINDA JAGO, Branch Head, Ocean and Wildlife Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water, 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 notations specified in Schedule 1, and by including in the list specimens and associated notations as set out in Schedule 2.

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

This instrument commences on 1 July 2024.

Dated this 28th day of June 2024

Belinda Jago

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Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water

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 taken in the New South Wales Ocean Trap and Line Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Fisheries Management Act 1994 (NSW), the Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2019 (NSW), the Fisheries Management (Supporting Plan) Regulation 2006 (NSW), and the Fisheries Management (Ocean Trap and Line Share Management Plan) Regulation 2006 (NSW), but not including:

(a) specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 209 of the EPBC Act (Australia’s List of Migratory Species), or

(b) specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 248 of the EPBC Act (Australia’s List of Marine Species), or

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

New South Wales Ocean Trap and Line 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: