239Criteria for listing determinations by Fisheries Scientific Committee

239 Criteria for listing determinations by Fisheries Scientific Committee

239 Criteria for listing determinations by Fisheries Scientific Committee

For the purposes of section 220FA (1) of the Act, a population is facing a very high risk of extinction in New South Wales in the near future if, in the opinion of the Fisheries Scientific Committee—

(a) it is clearly defined, and

(b) it satisfies any 1 or more of the following—

(i) it is disjunct or near the limit of its geographic range,

(ii) it is, or is likely to be, genetically, biologically, morphologically or ecologically distinct,

(iii) it is otherwise of significant conservation value, and

(c) it meets the criteria specified in this Division.