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THREATENED SPECIES NOMINATION FORM
For the listing or de-listing of native fish or marine plant species in Schedule 4;
Part 1 (Endangered) or Part 4 (Presumed Extinct), Schedule 4A; Part 1 (Critically
Endangered) or Schedule 5; Part 1 (Vulnerable), of the Fisheries Management Act 1994.
Nominations for species must be made on this form and additional information attached.
To assist nominees in the preparation of a nomination, the relevant sections of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 and
additional information required are provided on the following page.
SPECIES DETAILS
INCLUSION IN / REMOVAL FROM
SCHEDULES (circle as appropriate)
Scientific Name:
Common Name:
(if any)
Major Taxonomic Category:
Marine Plant
(circle as appropriate)
Fish
Proposed TSC Status: Critically
(circle as appropriate)
Endangered
Vascular
or
Non-vascular
Vertebrate
(i.e. Finfish)
or
Invertebrate
Presumed
Extinct
or
Vulnerable
Yes
No
Yes
No
or
or
Endangered
or
Is this species being nominated for provisional listing?
(circle - applies to Schedule 4 only)
Is the species conventionally accepted?
(if you circle No then attach explanatory documentation)
Please indicate if you want your personal details below to be regarded as confidential. If so, this information will not be
divulged by the Fisheries Scientific Committee if advice regarding the nomination is sought from other parties.
Yes
No
(circle whichever applicable)
NOMINEE DETAILS
Full Name:
Telephone:
(Business Hrs)
Organisation or Company:
Email:
(if nominee acts for an organisation)
Position in Organisation:
(if applicable)
Address:
DECLARATION (please read carefully and sign the Declaration below)
I declare that the information in this nomination and its attachments is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Signature:
Date:
PLEASE COMPLETE:
This nomination consists of this form and ……..… additional pages, attached.
The completed nomination should be mailed to:
The Chairperson
Fisheries Scientific Committee
C/- Executive Officer
NSW DPI
PO BOX 1305
CROWS NEST NSW 1585
Or Email: [email protected]
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Received:
File:
Data entry:
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NOMINATION OF SPECIES
Sections of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 (as amended in 2006), relating to threatened species
conservation, and additional information required for the nomination of a species.
A: FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994
“Fish” means any marine, estuarine or freshwater fish or other aquatic animal (including invertebrates) at any stage of their life cycle
except mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians.
“Marine vegetation” means any species of plant that at any time in its life must inhabit water (other than fresh water).
SECTION 220F Eligibility for listing of species
(1) A species is eligible to be listed as a species presumed extinct at a particular time if, in the opinion of the Fisheries Scientific
Committee, it has not been recorded in its known or expected habitat in New South Wales, despite targeted surveys, over a time
frame appropriate, in the opinion of the Fisheries Scientific Committee, to its life cycle and form.
(2) A species is eligible to be listed as a critically endangered species if, in the opinion of the Fisheries Scientific Committee, it is
facing an extremely high risk of extinction in New South Wales in the immediate future, as determined in accordance with criteria
prescribed by the regulations.
(3) A species is eligible to be listed as an endangered species if, in the opinion of the Fisheries Scientific Committee:
(a) it is facing a very high risk of extinction in New South Wales in the near future, as determined in accordance with criteria
prescribed by the regulations, and
(b) it is not eligible to be listed as a critically endangered species.
(4) A species is eligible to be listed as a vulnerable species if, in the opinion of the Fisheries Scientific Committee:
(a) it is facing a high risk of extinction in New South Wales in the medium-term future, as determined in accordance with
criteria prescribed by the regulations, and
(b) it is not eligible to be listed as an endangered or critically endangered species.
SECTION 220I How nominations are made
(1) Any person may nominate an amendment of Schedule 4, 4A, 5 or 6.
(2) A nomination must be made in writing addressed to the Chairperson of the Fisheries Scientific Committee and must include any
information prescribed by the regulations.
(3) The Fisheries Scientific Committee may request a person who makes a nomination to provide additional information about the
subject-matter of the nomination within a specified period.
(4) A person must not deliberately and wilfully make a vexatious nomination. Maximum penalty (subsection (4)): 20 penalty units.
(5) The Fisheries Scientific Committee is to give notice of a nomination to the Minister and the NRC within 14 days after the
nomination is made.
SECTION 220N Species eligible for provisional listing
(1) This section applies to the provisional listing, on an emergency basis, of a species in Part 1 of Schedule 4 as an endangered
species, being a species that:
(a) although not previously known to have existed in New South Wales, is believed on current knowledge to be indigenous to
New South Wales, or
(b) was presumed to be extinct in New South Wales but has been rediscovered.
It is an OFFENCE to make a vexatious nomination.
B: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The nomination of a native species for listing in Schedule 4; Part 1 or Part 4, Schedule 4A; Part 1or Schedule 5 of the Fisheries
Management Act 1994 must include the following information:
a) detailed reasons why the species is considered to be endangered, critically endangered, vulnerable or presumed extinct, within
the meaning of the Act, by the person or persons making the nomination. Any specific threats or threatening processes should be
identified;
b) the best estimation that is available to the person or persons making the nomination of the current distribution of the species and
the current population of the species;
c) in the case of a provisional listing, the reason why the species is eligible to be provisionally listed, within the meaning of the
Act, by the person or persons making the nomination;
d) if the species is not conventionally accepted, a description of the species in a form suitable for publication in conventional
scientific literature;
e) in cases where a threatened taxon is defined as a sub-species or taxon below a sub-species, details should be provided;
f) in cases of a de-listing, the reasons why the species is no longer considered threatened within the meaning of the Act; and
g) references to any scientific literature that supports the information provided in the nomination.
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