COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
 
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
 
Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens
 
 
I, NIGEL ROUTH, Assistant Secretary, Marine Biodiversity Policy Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts pursuant to subsection 303DC(1) 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 including in the list the following:
 
·        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 Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery, as defined in the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995 (as amended) made under the Fisheries Management Act 1991;
and imposing the following conditions to which inclusion of the specimens in the list is subject:
 
·        the specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully;
·        the specimens are included on the list until 25 August 2010;
·        operation of the fishery will be carried out in accordance with the management arrangements for the Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) Fishery in force under the Fisheries Management Act 1991; and
·        the Australian Fisheries Management Authority to inform the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts of any intended amendments to the SBT Fishery’s management arrangements that may affect the assessment of the fishery against the criteria on which EPBC Act decisions are based.
 
 
 
Dated this 22nd day of June 2010
 
 
 
 
……………………Nigel Routh………………………
 
Delegate of the Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts