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List of Exempt Native Specimens Amendment (Queensland Sea Cucumber Fishery (East Coast)) Instrument 2024

I, BELINDA JAGO, Branch Head, Ocean and Wildlife Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water make the following amending instrument.

27 November 2024   

 

BELINDA JAGO

Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water


Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

List of Exempt Native Specimens Instrument 2001

 

1  Name

  This instrument is the List of Exempt Native Specimens Amendment (Queensland Sea Cucumber Fishery (East Coast)) Instrument 2024.

2  Commencement

  This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under subsection 303DC(1)(a) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

List of Exempt Native Specimens Instrument 2001

1  Under the heading Freshwater and Marine Animals

Omit the following rows in the table:

Taxon/Item

Common Name

Notation

Specimens that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates taken in the Queensland Sea Cucumber Fishery (East Coast) as defined in the management regime in force under the Fisheries Act 1994 (Qld), Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019 (Qld), Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019 (Qld), Fisheries Declaration 2019 (Queensland), Fisheries Quota Declaration 2019 (Qld), Marine Parks Act 2004 (Qld), Marine Parks Regulations 2019 (Qld), Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 (Cth), and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 2019 (Cth) 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

(c) specimens that belong to eligible listed threatened species, as defined under section 303BC of the EPBC Act, or

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

Queensland Sea Cucumber Fishery (East Coast)

  • 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.

2  Under the heading Freshwater and Marine Animals

Insert the following rows in the appropriate place in the table:

 

Taxon/Item

Common Name

Notation

Specimens that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates taken in the Queensland Sea Cucumber Fishery (East Coast) as defined in the management regime in force under the Fisheries Act 1994 (Qld), Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019 (Qld), Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019 (Qld), Fisheries Declaration 2019 (Queensland), Fisheries Quota Declaration 2019 (Qld), Marine Parks Act 2004 (Qld), Marine Parks Regulations 2019 (Qld), Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth), Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 (Cth), and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 2019 (Cth) but not including:

  1.     specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 209 of the EPBC Act (Australia’s List of Migratory Species), or
  2.    specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 248 of the EPBC Act (Australia’s List of Marine Species), or
  3.     specimens that belong to eligible listed threatened species, as defined under section 303BC of the EPBC Act, or
  4.     specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia’s CITES List).

Queensland Sea Cucumber Fishery (East Coast)

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.