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Wildlife trade operations
Wildlife Trade Operation Proposal for the commercial export of Kakadu Plum 2 March 2021
Draft reports for amendments to the live import list
Import of Polka Dot Loach (Botia kubotai), Torpedo Barb (Sahyadria denisonii) and the Galaxy Rasbora (Danio margaritatus) for ornamental fish breeding and trade purposes 7 April 2021

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Draft reports for amendments to the live import list

Proposals to amend the live import list to enable the import of living specimens to Australia.

Category Comments closed on
Import of Emerald Tree Monitor for zoo display 7 December 2020
Proposed listing of Glass Catfish for the Aquarium trade 13 November 2020
Import of Asian Tiger Mosquito for research 23 October 2020
Import of Bat-eared Fox for zoo display 28 August 2020
Import of Red-bellied Tamarin for zoo display 28 August 2020
Proposed importation of sterile codling moths (Cydia pomonella) 12 May 2020
Proposed importation of domesticated Ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) for research purposes 16 April 2020
Proposed importation of Garden Snail (Cornu aspersum) 18 July 2019
Proposed importation of Puma (Puma concolor) 3 May 2019
Proposed importation of Hymenolepis diminuta (a Tapeworm) 12 April 2019
Proposed importation of three species of dung beetles 5 April 2019
Import of hard corals for taxonomic identification 26 October 2018
Import of Silvery Marmoset for zoo display 14 September 2018
Import of Black Tiger prawns for aquaculture 31 August 2018
Import of Turquoise Killifish for medical research 17 August 2018
Import of Polynesian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes polynesiensis) 2 March 2018
Import of Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) 16 March 2018
Import of Electric Yellow Cichlid for the Aquarium trade 29 November 2017
Import of Okapi for zoo display 29 November 2017
Import of freshwater snail for research purposes 22 November 2017
Litoria raniformis (growling grass frog) 14 July 2017
Six species of oysters 10 July 2017
Eudyptes pachyrhynchus (Fiordland Crested Penguin) 27 May 2016
Gryllodes sigillatus (Decorated Cricket) 29 April 2016
Eunectes notaeus (Yellow Anaconda) 4 August 2015
Draft assessment report on the import of Haliotis discus hannai (Pacific Abalone) and Haliotis rufescens (Red Abalone) to Australia 10 February 2015
Draft assessment report on the import of Scleropages formosus (Asian arowana) and Scleropages inscriptus (Myanmar arowana) to Australia 5 December 2014
Draft environment assessment report import of Russian, Siberian, Beluga and hybrid between Russian sturgeon and Siberian sturgeon to Australia 30 January 2014
Glossolepis leggetti (Leggett's rainbowfish) 13 December 2010

Captive breeding programs

Category Comments closed on
Proposal to streamline wildlife trade regulation Extended to
30 September 2015
Proposal to streamline export trade requirements for emu products taken under an approved captive breeding program Extended to
28 July 2017

Wildlife trade management plans

Category Comments closed on
Wildlife Trade Management Plan – Crocodile Farming in the Northern Territory 2021-2025 - Exposure Draft 9 November 2020
Draft wildlife trade management plan - South Australian Commercial Kangaroo Management Plan 2020–2024 22 October 2019
Draft Wildlife Trade Management Plan - Queensland Protected Plants 2019-2024 17 May 2019
Proposed Wildlife Trade Management Plan - Management Plan for the Commercial Harvest of Kangaroos in Western Australia 2019-2023 2 October 2018
Proposed Wildlife Trade Management Plan - Queensland Crocodile Farming 1 November 2018 - 31 October 2023 15 June 2018
Proposed Management Plan - Management of Commercial Harvesting of Protected Flora in Western Australia 2018 - 2023 4 June 2018
Proposed Management Plan – Cut-flower Sustainable Management Plan in NSW 2018 - 2022 9 November 2017
Proposed Management Plan – Whole Plant Sustainable Management Plan in NSW 2018 - 2022 9 November 2017
Draft wildlife trade management plan: South Australian Commercial Kangaroo Management Plan 2018–2022 29 September 2017
Draft Wildlife Trade Management Plan – Queensland Crocodile Farming 1 January 2018 – 31 December 2022 15 September 2017
Draft Queensland Wildlife Trade Management Plan for Export: Commercially Harvested Macropods 2018 - 2022 14 July 2017
Proposed Management Plan for the Harvest of Tree Ferns (Dicksonia Antarctica) in Tasmania 2017 - 2022 7 July 2017
Draft Management Plan for the Commercial Harvest of Kangaroos in New South Wales 2017–2021 7 October 2016
Draft Wildlife Trade Management Plan for the Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) in the Northern Territory of Australia, 2016-2020 14 October 2015
Draft Management Plan for the Commercial Harvest and Export of Brushtail Possums in Tasmania 1 July 2015 - 1 July 2020 27 April 2015
Draft Management Plan for the Commercial Harvest of Kangaroos in Western Australia 2014–2018 23 December 2013
Draft Wildlife Trade Management Plan – Queensland Crocodile Farming 1 January 2013 – 31 December 2017 2 August 2013
Proposed Management Program for the Saltwater Crocodile in the Northern Territory of Australia, 2012 - 2014 31 July 2012

Wildlife trade operations

Category Comments closed on
Wildlife Trade Operation Proposal for the commercial export of snake venom, blood and body parts 2020-2023 - Venom Supplies 14 September 2020
Wildlife Trade Operation Proposal for the commercial export of Queen Ants 30 June 2020
Draft existing stocks wildlife trade operation for the sustainable harvest and commercial export of Eastern and Western Grey Kangaroo products in Victoria 22 May 2020
Draft developmental wildlife trade operation for the sustainable harvest and commercial export of Eastern and Western Grey Kangaroo products in Victoria 22 May 2020
Proposed Wildlife Trade Operation for South Pacific Taxidermy to export preserved taxidermy specimens 5 May 2020
Wildlife Trade Operation Proposal for the commercial export of Bird feathers 25 February 2020
Wildlife Trade Operation Proposal for the commercial export of Lungfish 21 February 2020
Lenah Game Meats - Wildlife Trade Operation Proposal - 2020 22 January 2020
Queen Ant - Wildlife Trade Operation Proposal - 2020 22 January 2020
Queen Ant Wildlife Trade Operation Proposal 20 September 2019
Wildlife Trade Operation Application for the export of Ants 4 September 2019
Wildlife Trade Operation proposal for the commercial harvest of Dicksonia antarctica (soft tree fern) and Cyathea australis (rough tree fern) from private land in Victoria 30 August 2019
Wildlife Trade Operation Proposal for the commercial export of Avian Blood 16 August 2019
Craig Mostyn Group - Yacca Gum - Wildlife Trade Operation Proposal for the commercial harvest and export of yacca gum 15 July 2019
Queen Ants – Wildlife Trade Operation Proposal for the commercial harvest and export of queen ants 31 May 2019
Commercial wild harvest of land hermit crabs Coenibita variabilis from north Western Australia (by Merv Cooper's Crazy Crabs™) 2018 11 December 2018
M & K Cole Ferns - Wildlife Trade Operation Proposal for the salvage harvest of tree-ferns (Dicksonia antarctica) for commercial purposes from softwood plantations in Victoria - additional harvest areas 5 October 2018
Australian Insect Farm – wildlife trade operation proposal for the wild harvest and export of invertebrates 15 June 2018
M & K Cole Ferns - Wildlife Trade Operation Proposal for the salvage harvest of tree-ferns (Dicksonia antarctica) for commercial purposes from softwood plantations in Victoria 16 May 2018
Hinternoosa Hatchery Wildlife Trade Operation Proposal for the commercial export of Australian Lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) bred from wild caught broodstock 20 February 2018
Application for approval of a Wildlife Trade Operation for the commercial export of the native fruit Terminalia ferdinandiana (Kakadu plum, billygoat plum) 6 February 2018
Application for approval of a Wildlife Trade Operation for the commercial export of Australian native flowers and foliage and bush worms 6 February 2018
Wildlife Trade Operation for the commercial export of snake venom, blood and body parts 2017 - 2020 18 September 2017
Draft developmental wildlife trade operation for the commercial export of eastern and western grey kangaroo skins from Victoria 21 July 2017
Proposed Wildlife Trade Operation for South Pacific Taxidermy to export preserved taxidermy specimens 14 June 2017
Proposed wildlife trade operation for Lenah Game Meats for the export of wallaby products (meat, skins and fur) 31 March 2017
Proposed wildlife trade operation for the export of kangaroo skins derived from the expanded Victorian Kangaroo Petfood Trial 2016–18 (West Wimmera, Glenelg, Loddon and Greater Bendigo shires) 3 February 2017
Application for approval of a Wildlife Trade Operation for the commercial export of bird feathers 20 January 2017
Victorian Petfood Processors existing stocks Wildlife Trade Operation proposal for the commercial export of Eastern and Western Grey Kangaroo skins stockpiled during the Victorian Petfood Trial 20 January 2017
Jardini Pty Ltd for the commercial export of Neoceratodus forsteri (Australian Lungfish) bred from wild caught broodstock 9 January 2017
Mr Fern Nurseries Pty Ltd for the commercial export of harvested Dicksonia antarctica and Cythea australis 5 December 2016
Molecular Diagnostic Services Australia Wildlife Trade Operation for the commercial export of avian blood spot samples 18 November 2016
Victorian Petfood Processors Wildlife Trade Operation proposal for the commercial export of Eastern and Western Grey Kangaroo Skins 2 September 2016
Fluyt Wildlife Trade Operation proposal for the commercial export of Australian native ants 17 August 2016
Proposal to declare an approved wildlife trade operation under Part 13A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) for the harvest of hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini, S. mokarran and S. zygaena) 26 February 2016
Export of Jumping Spider (Maratus speciosus) for a Nature Documentary Film Production 3 December 2015
Merv Cooper’s Crazy Crabs Wildlife Trade Operation for the commercial export of wild harvested land hermit crabs (Coenibita variabilis) from north Western Australia 26 November 2015
Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd Wildlife Trade Operation for the export of Bennett’s Wallaby skins from Tasmania 14 October 2015
Yarra Valley Stock Removers P/L Wildlife Trade Operation for the export of kangaroo skins as a by-product of the Victorian Government’s Kangaroo Pet Food Trial 10 September 2015
Countrywide Pet Foods Pty Ltd Wildlife Trade Operation for the export of kangaroo skins as a by-product of the Victorian Government’s Kangaroo Pet Food Trial 31 August 2015
Application for approval of a Wildlife Trade Operation for the commercial export of weedy seadragons 7 May 2015
Application for approval of a Wildlife Trade Operation for the commercial export of Australian native tree ferns 11 May 2015
Application for approval of a Wildlife Trade Operation for the commercial export of Invertebrates 30 January 2015
Application for approval of a Wildlife Trade Operation for the commercial export of the native fruit Terminalia ferdinandiana (billygoat plum) 21 January 2015
Wildlife Trade Operation for the export of kangaroo skins as a by-product of the Victorian Government's Kangaroo Pet Food Trial 9 January 2015
Wildlife Trade Operation for the commercial export of Rufous wallaby (Thylogale billardierii) 6 January 2015
Wildlife Trade Operation for the commercial export of Australian native flowers and foliage 27 November 2014
Wildlife Trade Operation for the commercial export of Australian Lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) 28 October 2014
Wildlife Trade Operation for the commercial export of snake venom, blood and body parts 1 October 2014
Application for approval of a Wildlife Trade Operation for the Commercial Export of Bennett's and Rufous Wallaby Meat, Skins and Fur from Tasmania 31 January 2014
Application for approval of Wildlife Trade Operation for the wild harvest and export of native invertebrates 15 February 2013

CITES - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

Category Comments closed on
Proposal to take stricter domestic measures to regulate the import and export of specimens of African lion 22 September 2014
Changes to arrangements affecting international trade in the freshwater sawfish, Pristis microdon 31 August 2010

Guidelines

Category Comments closed on
Draft Conditions for the Overseas Transfer of Platypus 10 December 2018
National flora tag guideline 18 January 2008
Assessing sustainability of commercial harvesting of native flora from the wild 19 December 2007