Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The objects of
this Act are to conserve, develop and share the fish resources of the
State for the benefit of present and future generations.
(2) In particular,
this Act has the following objects —
(a) to
conserve fish and to protect their environment;
(b) to
ensure that the exploitation of fish resources is carried out in a sustainable
manner;
(c) to
enable the management of fishing, aquaculture and associated industries,
aquatic eco-tourism and other tourism reliant on fishing;
(d) to
foster the development of commercial and recreational fishing and aquaculture
including the establishment and management of aquaculture facilities for
community or commercial purposes;
(e) to
achieve the optimum economic, social and other benefits from the use of fish
resources;
(f) to
enable the allocation of fish resources between users of those resources;
(g) to
provide for the control of foreign interests in fishing, aquaculture and
associated industries;
(h) to
enable the management of fish habitat protection areas and the Abrolhos
Islands reserve.
[Section 3 amended by No. 41 of 2000
s. 4; No. 2 of 2002 s. 4.]