New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 17

17 Bag limits-taking of fish

(1) The regulations may specify the maximum quantity of fish of a specified species, or of a specified class, that a person may take on any one day (the "daily limit").

(2) A person who takes on any one day more fish than the daily limit of those fish is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: In the case of a corporation, 500 penalty units or, in any other case, 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months, or both.

(3) The regulations may specify different daily limits for commercial fishers or other classes of fishers or in any other circumstances specified in the regulations. The regulations may also include restrictions as to size or otherwise in respect of any daily limit of fish.

(4) This section does not authorise the taking of fish in contravention of a fishing closure or other provision of or made under this Act.

(5) The regulations may provide that the maximum quantity of any fish that may be taken applies to a period other than one day. In that case, a reference in this section to any one day is to be read as a reference to that other period.

(6) The Minister is required to consult the Advisory Council on Recreational Fishing about any proposal to specify or change daily limits under this section or possession limits under section 18.