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 Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 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 revoking the conditions to which the inclusion of the following item in the list on 1 December 2004 is subject:
Specimens that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates, other than specimens that belong to species listed under Part 13 of the Act, taken in the Western Deepwater Trawl Fishery and North West Slope Trawl Fishery.
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 in the list until 9 November 2011;
· Operation of the North West Slope Trawl Fishery and the Western Deepwater Trawl Fishery will be carried out in accordance with the Western Trawl Fisheries Statement of Management Arrangements 2004 made under the Fisheries Management Act 1991.
· The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) to inform the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (SEWPaC) of any intended amendments to the management arrangements that may affect the assessment against the criteria on which Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act decisions are based.
· AFMA to produce and present reports to SEWPaC annually as per Appendix B of the Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries - 2nd Edition.
· AFMA to ensure that management arrangements in the Western Deepwater Trawl Fishery are complementary to AFMA’s School Shark Stock Rebuilding Strategy 2008.
Dated this 1st day of November 2010
…………………NIGEL ROUTH….. .…………………
Delegate of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities