Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

LIVING MARINE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 29

      (1) A draft code of practice may provide for any or all of the following:

(a) the preservation of good order amongst fishers;

(b) the conduct of persons engaged in commercial or recreational fishing, marine farming activities and handling fish;

(c) the efficient utilisation of fishing resources catching strategies;

(d) the use of fishing equipment in a safe manner and in particular circumstances or locations;

(e) the handling, storage, processing, transport, marketing and presentation of fish for sale;

(f) the equipment on fishing boats for the handling and storage of fish;

(g) the storage or holding of fish for human consumption;

(h) the manner of preparing fish for marketing or sale;

(i) the restoration or rehabilitation of fish habitat;

(j) the common names of fish to be used in the marketing and sale of fish;

(k) any other prescribed matter.

      (2) A draft code of practice may –

(a) include any standards, prescriptions, guidelines, protocols, procedures or other specifications; and

(b) apply generally, specifically or in a limited manner or circumstance; and

(c) contain different provisions according to differences in time, places or circumstances; and

(d) apply to a particular fishery.