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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

MORSE DANIEL E.

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O STELLAR BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.

332 EAST SCOTT STREET

(Street)

PORT HUENEME

93041

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/01/2014

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Stellar Biotechnologies, Inc. [ SBOTF ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Shares, without par value⁽¹⁾	965,094	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Stock Option(Right to Buy)⁽¹⁾	⁽²⁾	04/09/2017	Common Shares	280,000	0.2794⁽³⁾	D
Stock Option(Right to Buy)⁽¹⁾	⁽⁴⁾	08/08/2018	Common Shares	120,500	0.6594⁽⁵⁾	D
Stock Option(Right to Buy)⁽¹⁾	⁽⁶⁾	04/13/2019	Common Shares	120,500	0.4222⁽⁷⁾	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. This Form 3 is being filed as the result of the determination by the Issuer that, in accordance with Rule 3b-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), it is no longer a foreign private issuer and is now subject to the reporting requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder applicable to a U.S. domestic issuer.

2. The option was granted on April 9, 2010, is fully vested and immediately exercisable.

3. The options are exercisable at a price of C$0.28. The US dollar price reported on this Form 3 in column 4 reflects the US dollar equivalent exercise price on the grant date, calculated at the closing price for cable transfers in Canadian dollars as reported by Yahoo Finance on such date of U.S.$1.00 = C$1.0023.

4. The option was granted on August 8, 2011, is fully vested and immediately exercisable.

5. The options are exercisable at a price of C$0.65. The US dollar price reported on this Form 3 in column 4 reflects the US dollar equivalent exercise price on the grant date, calculated at the closing price for cable transfers in Canadian dollars as reported by Yahoo Finance on such date of U.S.$1.00 = C$0.9857.

6. The option was granted on April 13, 2012, is fully vested and immediately exercisable.

7. The options are exercisable at a price of C$0.42. The US dollar price reported on this Form 3 in column 4 reflects the US dollar equivalent exercise price on the grant date, calculated at the closing price for cable transfers in Canadian dollars as reported by Yahoo Finance on such date of U.S.$1.00 = C$0.9947.

Remarks:

Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

	/s/ Kathi Niffenegger, as Attorney in Fact	10/03/2014
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Exhibit 24

Power of Attorney

I, Daniel E. Morse, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint Kathi Niffenegger and Barbara A. Jones, and each of them individually, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

Complete and execute on my behalf, as a director of Stellar Biotechnologies, Inc., a British Columbia corporation (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, or 5 required to be filed by me under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules and regulations thereunder;

Do and perform any and all acts for and on my behalf which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing, which in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required of me, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such information as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

I hereby grant to each of such attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act which is necessary, proper or desirable to be done in the exercise of any of the rights, powers and authority granted in this Power of Attorney, with full power of substitution and revocation, and I ratify and confirm every act that such attorney-in-fact lawfully performs or causes to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the powers and authority granted herein.

I acknowledge that the attorneys-in-fact appointed in this Power of Attorney, in serving in such capacity at my request, are not assuming, and the Company is not assuming, any of my responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act or the rules or regulations thereunder.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until I am no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to my holdings or transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless I earlier revoke this Power of Attorney in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of October 1, 2014.

/s/ Daniel E. Morse

Print Name: Daniel E. Morse