Declaration of an Approved Small-Scale Wildlife Trade Operation – Craig Mostyn & Co Pty Ltd 2023-2026 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

DECLARATION OF AN APPROVED SMALL-SCALE WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION – CRAIG MOSTYN & CO PTY LTD 2023-2026

I, Belinda Jago, Branch Head, Ocean and Wildlife Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water am satisfied that the operation conducted by Craig Mostyn & Co Pty Ltd to harvest Tate's Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea semiplana ssp. tateana) for export, is a small-scale Wildlife Trade Operation, as defined by regulation 9A.20(2) under subsection 303FN(10)(b).

I declare under subsection 303FN(2) that Craig Mostyn & Co Pty Ltd is an approved small-scale Wildlife Trade Operation.

This declaration has effect subject to the following conditions applied under section 303FT:

1. The operation must be carried out in accordance with the Craig Mostyn & Co Pty Ltd Wildlife Trade Operation (Small-scale) for the Harvest of Tate's Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea semiplana ssp. tateana) from Kangaroo Island, South Australia 2023-2026, dated 20 October 2023.

2. Commercial harvest is restricted to single, dead trunks or stumps of Tate's Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea semiplana ssp. tateana), which have been taken from private land on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, with the permission of landholders.

3. Export is restricted to 80,000 kg of Tate's Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea semiplana ssp. tateana) over the life of the approved Wildlife Trade Operation.

4. Tate's Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea semiplana ssp. tateana) containing the Trailing Hop-bush (Dodonaea procumbens) must not be harvested or damaged.

5. Harvesting must only be undertaken from December of the preceding year to May of the following year.

6. Harvesting must occur in accordance with the Australian Government's Arrive Clean, Leave Clean guidelines.