Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Queensland Blue Swimmer Crab and Queensland Mud Crab fisheries, February 2019 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Queensland Blue Swimmer Crab and Queensland Mud Crab fisheries, February 2019

I, PAUL MURPHY, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment, pursuant to subsection 303DC(1)(a) 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 is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislation Act 2003.

The 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 26th day of February 2019

Paul Murphy

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Delegate of the Minister for the Environment

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

Specimens that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates taken in the Queensland Blue Swimmer Crab Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Queensland Fisheries Act 1994 (QLD) and the Fisheries Regulations 2008 (QLD), but not including: Queensland Blue Swimmer Crab Fishery The specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully, and (a) specimens that belong to eligible listed threatened species, as define under section 303BC of the EPBC Act, or The specimens are included in the list until 1 March 2019. (b) specimens that belong to taxa listed under section 303CA of the EPBC Act (Australia's CITES List).