Declaration of an Approved Small-Scale Wildlife Trade Operation – Antastic 2024-2027 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

DECLARATION OF AN APPROVED SMALL-SCALE WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION – ANTASTIC 2024-2027

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 Antastic to commercially export native Australian queen ants, 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 Antastic 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 Wildlife Trade Operation (Small-scale) for Antastic 2024-2027 submitted on 2 February 2024.

2. Annual harvest for export is restricted to the following native ant taxa. Harvest levels must not exceed the maximum quantities set out for each genus.

Genus Annual harvest quota Amblyopone 1000 Anonychomyrma 1000 Aphaenogaster 1000 Brachyponera 1000 Camponotus 1000 Calomyrmex 1000 Crematogaster 1000 Dolichoderus 1000 Iridomyrmex 1000 Leptomyrmex 1000 Lioponera 1000 Melophorus 1000 Meranoplus 1000 Monomorium 1000 Myrmecia* 1000 Notoncus 1000 Nylanderia 1000 Oecophylla 1000 Opisthopsis 1000 Pheidole 1000 Podomyrma 1000 Polyrhachis 1000 Pseudoneoponera 200 Pseudonotoncus 200 Pseudoponera 200 Rhytidoponera 1000 Solenopsis 1000 Technomyrmex 1000 Teratomyrmex 200 Tetramorium 1000 Tetraponera 200

* Myrmecia inquilina is excluded from harvest.

3. Harvest is only permitted from private properties identified in the proposal and from non-protected public areas in Queensland.