New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 18

18 Bag limits-possession 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 have in possession in any specified circumstances (the "possession limit").

(2) A person who has in the person’s possession in any such circumstances more than the possession limit of those fish is guilty of an offence. This subsection applies irrespective of the period over which the fish were taken.

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 possession 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 possession limit of fish.

(4) The possession limit of any fish need not be the same as the daily limit of those fish.

(5) This section does not authorise the possession of fish in contravention of any other provision of or made under this Act.