New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 220O

220O Protection measures apart from listing

(1) The Fisheries Scientific Committee may, if of the opinion that a species, population or ecological community should be protected but does not satisfy the criteria for listing, recommend to the Minister that other measures should be taken under this Act to protect the species, population or ecological community.

(2) The Minister is to give the Committee the reasons for any rejection of such a recommendation of the Committee.

Note: The measures that could be taken to protect an unlisted species, population or ecological community include fishing closures (s 8), prohibitions on the taking of specified species of fish (s 19-protected fish), prohibitions on the taking of specified species of fish for sale or taking fish from specified waters (s 20-fish and waters protected from commercial fishing), bag limits (s 17), declaration of prohibited size of fish (s 15), restrictions on the lawful use of fishing gear (s 24), determination of total allowable catches (ss 26-34), declaration of share management fishery (ss 41-101), declaration of restricted fishery (ss 111-116), habitat protection plans (s 192), declaration of aquatic reserves (ss 194-197) and protection of marine vegetation (ss 204-205A).