Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Torres Strait Beche-de-mer, Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster, South Australian Lakes and Coorong, New South Wales Abalone, New South Wales Estuary General, New South Wales Estuary Prawn Trawl, New South Wales Lobster, New South Wales Ocean Hauling, New South Wales Ocean Trawl and Northern Territory Demersal Fisheries, October 2017 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Torres Strait Beche-de-mer, Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster, South Australian Lakes and Coorong, New South Wales Abalone, New South Wales Estuary General, New South Wales Estuary Prawn Trawl, New South Wales Lobster, New South Wales Ocean Hauling, New South Wales Ocean Trawl and Northern Territory Demersal Fisheries, October 2017

I, PAUL MURPHY, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy, 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 deleting from the list specimens and any associated restrictions or conditions as set out in Schedule 1, and by including in the list specimens and associated restrictions or conditions as set out in Schedule 2.

This instrument commences the day after it is registered.

All state and territory legislation referred to in Schedule 2 to the instrument is incorporated as in force at the time this instrument commences.

Dated this 18th day of October 2017

………….…Paul Murphy………......... Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy

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