Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000

Access to Biological Resources in a Commonwealth Area for Non-Commercial Purposes

Permit number AU-COM2017-349 Date of issue 27 April 2017 Date of expiry 30 December 2019

Name and organisation of person to Dr Alison King and Dion Wedd whom the permit is issued: Charles Darwin University c/-RIEL, S of Environment, Charles Darwin University, Ellengowan Drive, Brinkin NT 0909

Provision of Regulations for which permit issued 8A.06

Collection of biological material from Kakadu National Park – Charles Darwin University

Access is permitted to the following location:  Mary River, Kakadu National Park to collect the following biological resources for non-commercial purposes:  a maximum of the following: Common Name Scientific Name Amount/ Volume Longfin glassfish Ambassis interrupta 20 Macleay's glassfish Ambassis macleayi 20 Vachell’s Glassfish Ambassis vachellii 20 Northwest glassfish Ambassis sp. 50 Barred Grunter Amniataba percoides 150 short fin eel Anguilla bicolor 20 Toothless Anodontiglanis dahli 20 Snub-nosed garfish Arrhamphus sclerolepis 20 Freshwater sole Brachirus selheimi 20 Crimson-tipped gudgeon Butis butis 20 bull Carcharhinus leucas 20 smallmouth catfish Cinetodus frogatti 20 Fly-specked hardyhead Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum 20 Strawman hardyhead Craterocephalus stramineus 200 Anchovy sp. Engraulidae 20 silver biddy Gerres filamentosus 20 Mouth almighty Glossamia aprion 50

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Golden goby Glossogobius aureus 50 Flathead goby Glossogobius giuris 20 Square blotch goby Glossogobius munroi 20 Sooty Grunter Hephaestus fuliginosus 50 Freshwater Whipray Himantura dalyensis 20 Empire gudgeon Hypseleotris compressa 20 Nurseryfish Kurtus gulliveri 20 Lates calcarifer 150 Common ponyfish Leiognathus equulus 20 Spangled perch Leiopotherapon unicolor 50 Freshwater sole Leptachirus triramus 50 Darwin sole Leptachirus darwinensis 20 Ord River mullet Liza ordensis 150 Tarpon Megalops cyprinoides 20 Western rainbowfish Melanotaenia australis 200 Exquisite rainbowfish Melanotaenia exquisita 20 Black-banded rainbowfish Melanotaenia nigrans 20 chequered rainbowfish Melanotaenia splendida inornata 200 Northern trout gudgeon Mogurnda mogurnda 50 Mangrove gobies Mugilogobius spp. 50 Bony bream Nematalosa erebi 200 Berney's catfish berneyi 20 Blue catfish 50 Triangular shield catfish Neoarius leptaspis 20 Shovel-nosed catfish Neoarius midgleyi 20 Black catfish 50 Hyrtl's tandan 20 False spined catfish Neosilurus pseudospinosus 20 Sinuous gudgeon Odonteleotris macrodon 20 Swamp eel Ophisternon gutturale 20 Sleepy cod Oxyeleotris lineolatus 20 Poreless gudgeon Oxyeleotris nullipora 20 Giant gudgeon Oxyeleotris selheimi 20 Webers Mudskipper Periophthalmus weberi 20 Lorentz grunter Pingalla lorentzi 20 Obbes' catfish Porochilus obbesi 20 Rendahl's catfish Porochilus rendahli 50 Small-eyed sleeper Prionobutis microps 20 Freshwater sawfish Pristis pristis 2 Snubnose goby Pseudogobius sp. 20 Spotted blue-eye Pseudomugil gertrudae 50 Delicate blue-eye Pseudomugil tenellus 50 Spot fin goby Redigobius chrysosoma 20 Spotted scat Scatophagus argus 20 Northern saratoga 20 Freshwater longtom Strongylura kreffti 20 Butler's grunter Syncomistes butleri 50 Archerfish Toxotes chatareus 100 Primitive archerfish Toxotes lorentzi 20 River garfish Zenarchopterus spp. 20 Fly-specked hardyhead Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum 20 Spangled perch Leiopotherapon unicolor 20 Northern trout gudgeon Mogurnda mogurnda 10 Rainbowfish complex Melanotaenia Sp. 20 Bony bream Nematalosa erebi 20 Barramundi Lates calcarifer 10 Ord River mullet Liza ordensis 20

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Barred grunter Amniataba percoides 20 Sleepy cod Oxyeleotris lineolatus 10 Sooty grunter Hephaestus fuliginosus 10 Narrow-fronted catfish Neosilurus ater 10 Mouth almighty Glossamia aprion 10 Lesser Neoarius graeffei 10 Triangular shield catfish Neoarius leptaspis 10 Fork-tailed catfish Neoarius midgleyi 10 Riparian vegetation Various 3 leaves or blades of grass for representative Aquatic and emergent Various species such as water lilies, 3 leaves for representative species macrophytes Vallisneria, Hydrilla, Aponogeton, Limnophylla etc. Benthic algae Various species Small scraping from substrate, not more than 20ml sample Invertebrates and . 10-15 of each species sampled in a small dip net from 3 sites within the collection area Zooplankton Crustaceans, rotifers, water fleas and Towing a small plankton net and invertebrate larvae. (diameter ~30cm), towed behind a boat for 100m. Phytoplankton Various pelagic algae species A 200ml water sample filtered through a glass mat filter.

Conditions: 1. The permit holder may authorise in writing another person to perform actions specified in this permit. 2. The permit holder must obtain all other required permit(s) to conduct the specified project. 3. Collection methods shall not attract undue attention or cause unapproved damage, depletion, or disturbance to the environment and other resources such as historic sites. 4. The permit holder will maintain records for each biological sample taken in accordance with subregulation 8A.19 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000, and provide a copy of these records to the Commonwealth within a reasonable period after the sample is taken. 5. No specimens (including materials) may be collected unless authorised by this permit. 6. The permit holder who undertakes an activity that results in the unintentional death, injury, trading, taking, keeping or moving of a member of a listed threatened species (except a conservation dependent species), a member of a listed threatened ecological community, a member of a listed migratory species, or a member of a listed marine species in or on a Commonwealth area that was not authorised by the permit must notify the Department of the Environment and Energy (The Secretary, Department of the Environment and Energy, GPO Box 787, Canberra ACT 2601; email: [email protected]) within 7 days of becoming aware of the results of the activity.

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7. The permit holder shall not use the biological resources to which this permit relates for commercial purposes, and will provide a written report on the results of any research on the biological resources to the Commonwealth of Australia. 8. The permit holder will not give the sample to any person without permission of the Commonwealth of Australia. 9. The permit holder will not carry out, or allow others to carry out, research or development for commercial purposes on any genetic resources, or biochemical compounds, comprising or contained in the biological resources unless a benefit sharing agreement has been entered into with the access provider. 10. Access is permitted for Non-Commercial purposes. Failure to adhere to these conditions is an offence and may also result in suspension or cancellation of this permit.

Date 02/05/17 . Ben Phillips, Director, Protected Area Policy and Planning Permit issued by Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy

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