New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 20

20 Fish and waters protected from commercial fishing

(1) The regulations may declare that fish of a specified species are protected from commercial fishing.

(2) The regulations may declare specified waters to be waters in which all or a class of commercial fishing is prohibited absolutely or conditionally.

(3) A person who:

(a) takes fish of a species declared under subsection (1), or

(b) sells fish of a species declared under subsection (1), or

(c) takes fish from waters declared under subsection (2) in breach of a declaration,

is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: In the case of a corporation, 2,000 penalty units or, in any other case, 1,000 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

(4) Subsection (3) (b) applies whether or not the fish were taken from waters to which this Act applies.

(5) Nothing in this section limits the power of the Minister to make a fishing closure in relation to commercial fishing.