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List of Exempt Native Specimens Amendment (Western Australian Northern Demersal Scalefish Managed Fishery) Instrument January 2025

I, Matt Flood, A/g Branch Head, Ocean and Wildlife Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water, make the following instrument.

20 January 2025   

MATT FLOOD

 

Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water

 

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Definitions

5  Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

List of Exempt Native Specimens Instrument 2001

 


1  Name

  This instrument is the List of Exempt Native Specimens Amendment (Western Australian Northern Demersal Scalefish Managed Fishery) Instrument January 2025.

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 EPBC Act.

4  Definitions

  In this instrument:

  EPBC Act means the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

5  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  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 1Amendments

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, other than specimens that belong to species listed under Part 13 of the EPBC Act, taken in the Western Australian Northern Demersal Scalefish Managed Fishery.

Western Australian Northern Demersal Scalefish Managed Fishery

The specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully;

The specimens are included in the list until 30 May 2025.

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 Western Australian Northern Demersal Scalefish Managed Fishery as defined in the management regime specified in the Northern Demersal Scalefish Managed Fishery Management Plan 2000 in force under the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 (WA) and the Fish Resources Management Regulations 1995 (WA), 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).

Western Australian Northern Demersal Scalefish Managed 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.