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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.