Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES ACT 2000 - SECT 76A

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person traffics in a commercial quantity of fish of a priority species; and

        (b)     the person does not hold a priority species licence authorising the trafficking.

Maximum penalty: 1000 penalty units, imprisonment for 10 years or both.

    (2)     This section does not apply if the person receives or processes the fish for personal or domestic consumption.

    (3)     In this section:

"traffic" in fish includes—

        (a)     sell fish; and

        (b)     possess or gain possession or control of fish with the intention of selling any of it; and

        (c)     receive fish; and

        (d)     process fish.