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Cover of Risk Assessment on the Import of Russian Sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii)

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Russian Sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii)

ECOS Environmental Consulting, April 2008

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Comments invited

The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) has received an application under Part 13A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) to amend the List of Specimens taken to be Suitable for Live Import (live import list).

A draft assessment report has been prepared by Ecos Environmental Consulting for GHG Enterprises against the standard terms of reference available on the Department’s website. The draft report assesses the suitability of import of the Russian Sturgeon into Australia.

Comments are invited on the draft report. It is available for public comment for 40 business days, closing on 21 November 2008. Comments and any relevant additional information received will be provided to the applicant to address in finalising the assessment report.

Submissions should be in writing and sent to

Director
Exotic Species Regulation Section
Wildlife Branch
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
GPO Box 787
CANBERRA ACT 2601

or to

WSM.Mail@environment.gov.au

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