FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 195
FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 195
195 . Powers to seize abandoned etc. fishing gear
If a fisheries officer
finds —
(a) any
fishing gear unattended in, or adjacent to, any waters and —
(i)
fishing in those waters, or the use of that type of
fishing gear in those waters, is prohibited under this Act; or
(ii)
the fishing gear does not comply with the requirements of
this Act; or
(iii)
the fishing gear appears to have been lost or abandoned;
or
(b) any
fish in, or adjacent to, any waters and the fish appears to have been
abandoned,
the fisheries officer
may seize the fishing gear or fish or, if in the fisheries officer’s
opinion it is not practicable to seize the fishing gear, may destroy or render
inoperative the fishing gear.