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Fish Resources Management Regulations 1995
2Revoked by the *West Coast Rock Lobster Management Plan Revocation Notice 2012* (see *Gazette* 21 Dec 2012 p. 6656).
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2 Revoked by the *West Coast Rock Lobster Management Plan Revocation Notice 2012* (see *Gazette* 21 Dec 2012 p. 6656).
3 The name of the Fisheries Research and Development Fund was changed by the *Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006* (now the *Financial Management (Transitional Provisions) Act 2006*) s. 17 (Sch. 1 cl. 68) to the Fisheries Research and Development Account. This reference was changed under the *Reprints Act 1984* s. 7(3)(h).
4 The name of the Recreational Fishing Fund was changed by the *Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006* (now the *Financial Management (Transitional Provisions) Act 2006*) s. 17 (Sch. 1 cl. 68) to the Recreational Fishing Account. This reference was changed under the *Reprints Act 1984* s. 7(3)(h).
5 Disallowed on 16 Jun 1999, see *Gazette* 25 Jun 1999 p. 2742.
6 The commencement date of 15 Jan 2013 that was specified in r. 2(b) was before the date of gazettal.
7 Underlining has been removed from taxonomic ranks to be consistent with current drafting practice.
Defined terms
*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*
**Defined term Provision(s)**
Abalone Zone 3(1)
Abrolhos Islands Fish Habitat Protection Area 3(1)
aircraft 3(1)
ALC 55A
ALC fishing boat 55C(1)
allowed time 31(1)
applicant 123A(1), 124A(1), 124D(1)
approval to transport 144A(1)
approved 72, 144A(1)
approved automatic location communicator 55A
approved directions 55A
associated camp 72
attend 64B, 64M, 64QA(1)
authorisation 129A
automatic location communicator 55A
bag limit 3(1)
bait band 55E
batch 144A(1)
boat 124B(1), 128IA
bona fide 64I(2)
broken 55FA(1)
camp 72
cancelled authorisation 129A
carrier boat 119(1)
carrier boat licence 3(1)
Central West Zone 38(1)
certificate of health 144A(1)
charter boat 3(1)
chlorine tarping 110(2)
closed season 38G, 45(1)
Cockburn Sound 3(1)
commencement point 3(1)
commercial fishing licence 3(1)
commercial fishing licence receipt 123A(1)
commercial premises 64AA(1)
complying drop net 3(1)
Cottesloe Reef waters 3(1)
courier business 147A(1)
current entitlement 118A(2)
current identification sticker 128MA(1A)
Dampier Archipelago waters 64OB(3)
day 124B(1)
day trip 3(1)
dB(A) 104(4)
deep sea crab 38A
demersal finfish 3(1)
demersal scalefish 45(1)
destroy 144A(1)
disease 3(1), 144A(1)
diseased 144A(2)
disinfect 144A(1)
disposable part 14(1), 16(1)
due date 137(4)
Easter Group Zone 38(1)
eastern gulf land area 3(1)
excluded boat 16DA(1A)
exempt business 64AA(1)
extended fishing tour 3(1)
farm lease 144A(1)
fillet 3(1)
finfish 3(1), 65F(1A)
fin naturally attached 15(1)
fishing boat licence 3(1)
fishing net 3(1)
fishing season 38DB
fish processor’s licence 3(1)
fish trunk 3(1)
form 3(1)
former authorisation holder 129A
freshwater finfish 65E
Freycinet Estuary 3(1)
full amount outstanding of the fee 137(5)
Gascoyne Region 3(1)
GDA 152(1)
gear identification float 22A
gear identification number 3(1)
Geographe Bay and Inland Waters 3(1)
ground 64I(2)
GRS80 152(2)
hatchery 144A(1)
hatchery licence 144A(1)
hatchery permit 144A(1)
inspector 144A(1)
interdorsal fin length Sch. 2
internal SLED 38(1)
jet ski 3(1)
jetty 72
Jungulu Special Purpose Zone (wilderness conservation) 3(1)
Kalbarri Blue Holes waters 3(1)
Lalang-garram / Camden Sound Marine Park 3(1)
Lancelin Island Lagoon 3(1)
large pelagic finfish 3(1)
length 144A(1)
licence holder 55A
licensed boat 72
licensed carrier boat 3(1)
licensed carrier boat number 3(1)
licensed fishing boat 3(1)
licensed fishing boat number 3(1)
licensee 128U(1)
live import list 69A(1)
mammal or bird products 63A(1)
marron drop net 3(1), 38G
marron pole snare 3(1), 38G
marron scoop net 3(1), 38G
marron trophy waters 3(1)
May - October 64OD(4)
metropolitan waters 3(1)
mollusc 2(1)
Montebello Islands Marine Park Sch. 5
mooring 72
motor boat 3(1)
NDS Managed Fishery 55E
nearshore or estuarine finfish 65D(1)
Ningaloo Marine Park 3(1)
non-possession period 38O(3)
notice 55B(1A)
notional bag limit 162(2)
November - April 64OD(4)
one day 3(1)
operating effectively 55C(1)
operator 72
ornamental fish 69A(1)
package 21A(1), 61(3a)
pearl oyster farm 144A(1)
Pelsaert Group Zone 38(1)
Pilbara and Kimberley Region 3(1)
Point Quobba restricted area 113D
Port of Albany Sch. 5
Port of Bunbury Sch. 5
Port of Fremantle Sch. 5
prawn hand trawl net 3(1)
prescribed abalone 16GD(1)
prescribed way 128T(3)
principal place of residence 3(1)
PT Managed Fishery 55E
pull 3(1)
quarantine site 144A(1)
quota period 128U(1)
quota tag 128T(3), 128U(1)
recreational (boat) fishing licence receipt 124D(1)
recreational fishing licence 3(1), 136(1)
recreational fishing licence receipt 124A(1)
region 3(1)
release weight 64OAA(1)
relevant demersal finfish 128T(3)
reserve 72
responsible person 64(1A)
restricted fishing tour 128S(1)
return 64(1A)
rock lobster licence 72
rock lobster pot 3(1)
rock lobster tail 3(1)
Rottnest Island Reserve Sch. 2 cl. 4(2)
Rowley Shoals Marine Park Sch. 2
scheduled fish disease 3(1)
sea lion exclusion device 38(3)
Sea Lion Protection Zone 38(1)
section 224 129A
set 3(1)
setose Sch. 2
settlement 144A(1)
share arrangement 72
South Coast Region 3(1)
spat 144A(1)
spat collector 144A(1)
specified boat 55FA(1)
store 21A(1)
structure 87
sunrise 3(1)
sunset 3(1)
Swan and Canning Rivers 3(1)
tail clip 31(1)
tail punch 31(1)
tarspot Sch. 2
unauthorised structure 87
unlicensed person 124B(3)
usual entitlement 118A(2)
waters of Point Quobba 113D
waters of the Shark Bay eastern gulf 3(1)
waters of the Shark Bay western gulf 3(1)
WCRL Managed Fishery 55E
West Coast Demersal Scalefish (Interim) Managed Fishery 64OAA(1)
West Coast Region 3(1)
Western Australian pearl oyster fishery 144A(1)
western gulf land area 3(1)
whole fish 3(1)
whole ray 16(1)
whole shark 15(1)
zone 144A(1)
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