Western Australian Consolidated Acts

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 90

90 .         Persons engaging in aquaculture and related activities to be licensed

                Except as provided in section 91, a person must not —

            (a)         engage in aquaculture;

            (b)         if the person is the owner or occupier of private land, sell fish in, or taken from, waters on that land;

            (c)         receive or purchase, for the purpose of sale or resale, from the owner or occupier of private land, fish in, or taken from, waters on that land; or

            (d)         if the person is not the owner or occupier of private land, take fish from waters on that land for the purpose of sale,

                unless the person is authorised to do so by an aquaculture licence.

        Penalty: In the case of an individual, for a first offence $5 000 and for any subsequent offence $10 000 or, in the case of a body corporate, for a first offence $10 000 and for any subsequent offence $20 000.