Declaration of an Approved Small-Scale Wildlife Trade Operation – Hinternoosa Hatchery 2024-27 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

DECLARATION OF AN APPROVED SMALL-SCALE WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION – HINTERNOOSA HATCHERY 2024-27

I, Belinda Jago, Branch Head, Ocean and Wildlife Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999:

(a) having considered public comments as required by section 303FR

(b) being satisfied as to those matters for a Wildlife trade operation set out in sub-sections 303FN(3), (4) and (5)

declare that Hinternoosa Hatchery is an approved small-scale Wildlife Trade Operation as defined by subsection 303FN(10)(b) and Regulation 9A.20(2) for Neoceratodus forsteri (Australian Lungfish).

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

1. The operation is to be undertaken in accordance with the proposal submitted to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water on 22 January 2024.

2. This declaration is valid for three years from the day after its registration on the Federal Register of Legislation.

3. All specimens of Australian Lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) exported under this Wildlife Trade Operation must be at least first generation, produced from broodstock collected under a Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries General Fisheries Permit or subsequent progeny of those broodstock.

4. Prior to being sold or transferred all specimens of Australian Lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) must be fitted with an internal Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tag or an alternative marking technology system approved by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

5. Australian Lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) that have been harvested from the wild under a Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries General Fisheries Permit cannot be exported under this operation.