Western Australian Consolidated Acts

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 61

61 .         Management plan — prohibited fishing in fishery

        (1)         Without limiting section 56(3), a management plan may —

            (a)         prohibit all fishing activities in the fishery or in any part of the fishery during any specified period;

            (b)         prohibit any fishing activity of a specified class in the fishery or in any part of the fishery (either at all times or during any specified period);

            (c)         authorise the CEO by a specified method and in specified circumstances —

                  (i)         to prohibit all fishing activities or any fishing activity of a specified class in the fishery or in any part of the fishery; or

                  (ii)         to permit in the fishery or in any part of the fishery, until the CEO directs otherwise, fishing or any fishing activity of a specified class that is otherwise prohibited.

        (2)         Nothing in this section derogates from the power to prohibit any fishing activity of a specified class under section 43.

        [Section 61 amended by No. 28 of 2006 s. 236(1).]