Wildlife trade and conservation

Commercial wild harvest of land hermit crabs Coenibita variabilis from north Western Australia (by Merv Cooper's Crazy Crabs™)

Declaration of an approved wildlife trade operation
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, September 2009

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About the approved wildlife trade operation

Approval of this wildlife trade operation allows for an operation to harvest and export Australian land hermit crabs (Coenibita variabilis) by Merv Cooper's Crazy Crabs, subject to conditions.

The wildlife trade operation was gazetted on 16 September 2009 and will be in force until 31 January 2012.