Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK REGULATIONS 1983 - REG 29

         (1)   For the definition of protected species in the Zoning Plan, the following species are declared:

                (a)    each species of cetacean;

               (b)    each species that is a listed marine species, a listed migratory species, a listed threatened ecological community or a listed threatened species (in each case within the meaning of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 );

                (c)    each species of marine mammal, bird or reptile that is prescribed as 'endangered wildlife', 'near threatened wildlife', 'rare wildlife' or 'vulnerable wildlife' under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 of Queensland as in force from time to time;

               (d)    each species that is at risk or in need of special protection and is mentioned or referred to in Table 29.

      (1A)   For the purposes of paragraph (d) of the definition of protected species in subsection 3 (1) of the Act, the following species are declared:

                (a)    each species mentioned or referred to in Table 29;

               (b)    each species of marine mammal, bird or reptile that is prescribed as 'near threatened wildlife' under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 of Queensland as in force from time to time.

         (2)   An individual of a species of the genus Epinephelus (other than E. tukula or E. lanceolatus ) is taken to be of a protected species if the individual is more than 1 000 millimetres long.

Table 29        Protected species