Fish Resources Management Regulations 1995
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Schedule 5 — Noxious fish
[r. 70]
[Heading inserted: Gazette 22 Oct 2014 p. 4088.]
In this Schedule —
Montebello Islands Marine Park means all waters reserved under the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 section 13 as Class “A” Marine Reserve No. 9, Montebello Islands Marine Park;
Port of Albany means the area described to be the Port of Albany by order made by the Governor under the Port Authorities Act 1999 section 24(1);
Port of Bunbury means the area described to be the Port of Bunbury by order made by the Governor under the Port Authorities Act 1999 section 24(1);
Port of Fremantle means the area described to be the Port of Fremantle by order made by the Governor under the Port Authorities Act 1999 section 24(1).
| Scientific name | Examples of common names used | Area or areas where fish is prescribed to be noxious | | Acanthogobius flavimanus | Yellow Fin Goby | Any area of the State | | Acestrorhynchus microlepis | Pike Characin | Any area of the State | | Acipenser baerii baerii | Siberian Sturgeon | Any area of the State | | Acipenser baerii baicalensis | Baikal Sturgeon | Any area of the State | | Acipenser brevirostrum | Shortnose Sturgeon | Any area of the State | | Acipenser dabryanus | Yangtze Sturgeon | Any area of the State | | Acipenser fulvescens | Lake Sturgeon | Any area of the State | | Acipenser gueldenstaedtii | Russian Sturgeon | Any area of the State | | Acipenser medirostris | Green Sturgeon | Any area of the State | | Acipenser mikadoi | Sakhalin Sturgeon | Any area of the State | | Acipenser multiscutatus | Japanese Sturgeon | Any area of the State | | Acipenser naccarii | Adriatic Sturgeon | Any area of the State | | Acipenser nudiventris | Fringebarbel Sturgeon | Any area of the State | | Acipenser oxyrinchus | | Any area of the State | | Acipenser oxyrinchus destotoi | Gulf Sturgeon | Any area of the State | | Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus | Atlantic Sturgeon | Any area of the State | | Acipenser persicus | Persian Sturgeon | Any area of the State | | Acipenser ruthenus | Sterlet | Any area of the State | | Acipenser schrenckii | Amur Sturgeon | Any area of the State | | Acipenser sinensis | Chinese Sturgeon | Any area of the State | | | Starry Sturgeon | Any area of the State | | | European Sturgeon | Any area of the State | | | White Sturgeon | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Knife‑edged Livebearer | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Yellowbelly Gudgeon | Any area of the State | | | Snail Bullhead | Any area of the State | | | White Catfish | Any area of the State | | | Black Bullhead | Any area of the State | | | Yellow Bullhead | Any area of the State | | | Brown Bullhead | Any area of the State | | | Flat Bullhead | Any area of the State | | | Spotted Bullhead | Any area of the State | | | Bowfin | Any area of the State | | (syn. ) | Ivory Barnacle | Any area of the State | | (syn. ) | Bay Barnacle | Any area of the State | | | Gangetic Climbing Perch | Any area of the State | | | Climbing Perch | Any area of the State | | (syn*. A. demiri*) | Transverse Arc Clam | Any area of the State | | | Flatnose Catfish | Any area of the State | | | Four‑spined Stickleback | Any area of the State | | (syn. ) | Asian Bag Mussel, Asian Date Mussel | Any area of the State except in the Swan River and Port of Fremantle | | | Bighead Carp | Any area of the State | | | Danube Crayfish, Turkish Crayfish | Any area of the State | | | Northern Pacific Seastar | Any area of the State | | | Banded Tetra | Any area of the State | | | Banded Astyanax | Any area of the State | | | Tetra | Any area of the State | | | Ubangi Shovelnose Catfish | Any area of the State | | | Common Acorn Barnacle, White Buckshot Barnacle | Any area of the State | | | Copper Mahseer | Any area of the State | | | Pike Minnow, Pike Killifish | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Bonnemaison’s Hook Weed, Pink Cotton Wool | Any area of the State | | | Bicuda | Any area of the State | | | Golden Pike‑characin | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Giant Cichlid, Yellow‑belly Cichlid | Any area of the State | | | Variable Mussel | Any area of the State | | | Chesapeake Blue Crab, Atlantic Blue Crab, Blue Crab | Any area of the State | | | Mexican Dwarf Crayfish | Any area of the State | | | Mangrove Horseshoe Crab | Any area of the State | | | European Green Crab, European Shore Crab | Any area of the State | | | Catla | Any area of the State | | | Giant Barb | Any area of the State | | spp. (or variants) | Aquarium Weed, Feather Alga, Killer Alga | Any area of the State except in the Pilbara and Kimberley Region | | (entire family) | Banded Sunfish, Spotted Sunfish, Largemouth Bass, Bluegill | Any area of the State | | (entire genus) | Snooks (American) | Any area of the State | | | Angler Catfish | Any area of the State | | | Burmensis Frogmouth Catfish | Any area of the State | | | Angler, Frogmouth and Squarehead Catfish | Any area of the State | | spp. (entire genus) | Snakehead | Any area of the State | | | Asian Paddle Crab | Any area of the State | | | Atlantic Barnacle, Caribbean Barnacle | Any area of the State | | | Mrigal | Any area of the State | | spp. (entire genus) | Walking Catfish | Any area of the State | | | Boring Sponge, Sulfur Sponge | Any area of the State | | (syn*. C. fragile tomentosoides*) | Dead Man’s Fingers, Oyster Thief, Broccoli Weed | Any area of the State except in the Port of Albany | | spp. (entire genus) | Tambaqui Pacu, Pirapitinga | Any area of the State | | | Asian Clam, Asiatic Clam | Any area of the State | | (syn. ) | Basket Shell, European Clam, Basket Shell Clam | Any area of the State | | | Suminoe Oyster, Asian Oyster | Any area of the State | | | American Oyster, Eastern Oyster | Any area of the State | | | Pike Cichlid | Any area of the State | | | Slipper Limpet, Atlantic Slipper Snail | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Grass Carp | Any area of the State | | | Silverbelly Ctenopoma | Any area of the State | | | Tailspot Ctenopoma | Any area of the State | | | Manyspined Ctenopoma | Any area of the State | | | Ocellated Labyrinth Fish | Any area of the State | | | Twospot Climbing Perch | Any area of the State | | | Eyespot Ctenopoma | Any area of the State | | | Mottled Ctenopoma | Any area of the State | | | Brook Stickleback | Any area of the State | | spp. | Colonial Sea Squirt, Colonial Ascidian | Any area of the State | | | White Sea Squirt, White Ascidian | Montebello Islands Marine Park | | | Colonial Sea Squirt | Any area of the State | | | Killer Shrimp | Any area of the State | | | Pacific Fat Sleeper | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Fat Sleeper | Any area of the State | | | Quagga Mussel | Any area of the State | | | European Zebra Mussel, Wandering Mussel | Any area of the State | | spp. (entire genus) | Pygmy Sunfish | Any area of the State | | | Electric Eel | Any area of the State | | | Large Scaled Spiny Cheek Sleeper | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Freshwater Gudgeon | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Lutea Sleeper | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Widehead Sleeper | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Smallscaled Spinycheek Sleeper | Any area of the State | | | Spotted Sleeper | Any area of the State | | | Spinycheek Sleeper | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Sandwich Island Sleeper | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Jack‑knife Clam | Any area of the State | | | Chinese Mitten Crab | Any area of the State | | spp. | Mitten Crabs | Any area of the State | | | Reedfish | Any area of the State | | spp. (entire genus) | Trahiras (various) | Any area of the State | | spp. (entire genus) | Pikes (Freshwater) | Any area of the State | | (formerly ) | Rusty Crayfish | Any area of the State | | | Brown Macroalga, Wrack | Any area of the State | | spp. (entire genus) | Mosquito Fish | Any area of the State | | | Gray Encrusting Sponge | Any area of the State | | | Ribbed Mussel | Any area of the State | | | Giant Bully | Any area of the State | | | Redfin Bully | Any area of the State | | | Bigmouth Sleeper | Any area of the State | | | Pacific Sleeper | Any area of the State | | | Devil’s Tongue Weed, Asian Red Seaweed | Any area of the State | | | Aba Aba | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Banded Jewelfish | Any area of the State | | (syn. ) | Hairy‑clawed Shore Crab | Any area of the State | | | Asian Shore Crab, Japanese Shore Crab | Any area of the State | | | Brush‑clawed Shore Crab | Any area of the State | | | African Pike | Any area of the State | | | Twospot Livebearer | Any area of the State | | | Stinging Catfish | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Marbled Freshwater Whipray | Any area of the State | | | Marbled Whipray | Any area of the State | | spp. (entire genus) | Trahiras (various) | Any area of the State | | spp. (entire genus) | Trahiras (various) | Any area of the State | | spp. (entire genus) | Tigerfish | Any area of the State | | | Serpulid Tube Worm, Limy Tube Worm | Any area of the State | | | Silver Carp | Any area of the State | | | Tropical Carp‑gudgeon | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | (entire subfamily) | African Pike‑characin, Tubenose Poacher, Fin Eater | Any area of the State | | | Balsas Catfish | Any area of the State | | | Lerma Catfish | Any area of the State | | | Blue Catfish | Any area of the State | | | Headwater Catfish | Any area of the State | | | Rio Verde Catfish | Any area of the State | | | Chapala Catfish | Any area of the State | | | Yaqui Catfish | Any area of the State | | | Channel Catfish | Any area of the State | | | Orange Fin Labeo | Any area of the State | | | Rohu | Any area of the State | | | Forktail Lates | Any area of the State | | | Nile Perch | Any area of the State | | | Twospot Lebiasina | Any area of the State | | | South American Lungfish | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Marbled Pearlfish | Any area of the State | | | Barred Tail Pearlfish | Any area of the State | | | Opal Pearlfish | Any area of the State | | | Golden Mussel | Any area of the State | | spp. (entire genus) | Electric Catfish | Any area of the State | | | New Zealand Screwshell | Any area of the State | | spp. | Red‑Gilled Mudworm | Any area of the State | | | Blackchin Tilapia | Any area of the State | | | Weatherloach | Any area of the State | | | Comb Jelly | Any area of the State | | (syn. ) | Jingle Shell, Saddle Oyster | Any area of the State | | | Cornish Jack, Bottlenose | Any area of the State | | | Soft‑shell Clam, Long‑neck Clam, Steamer | Any area of the State | | | Charru Mussel | Any area of the State | | | Dark False Mussel, Conrad’s False Mussel | Any area of the State | | spp. (entire genus) and spp. (entire genus) | Black‑Striped Mussel | Any area of the State | | | Round Goby | Any area of the State | | spp. (entire genus) | Shiners | Any area of the State | | | Ozark Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Smoky Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Chucky Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Elegant Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Mountain Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Slender Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Saddled Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Checkered Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Yellowfin Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Stonecat | Any area of the State | | | Black Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Carolina Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Orangefin Madtom | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Tadpole Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Least Madtom | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Margined Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Ouachita Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Speckled Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Black River Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Brindled Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Frecklebelly Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Freckled Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Brown Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Neosho Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Pygmy Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Northern Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Caddo Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Scioto Madtom | Any area of the State | | | Spiny Cheek Crayfish | Any area of the State | | | Northern Crayfish, Virile Crayfish | Any area of the State | | spp. (entire genus) | Tilapia (various) | Any area of the State | | spp. (entire genus) | Ripsaw Catfish, Black Doras, Black Shielded Catfish | Any area of the State | | | Sentani Gudgeon | Any area of the State | | | Marble Goby | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Polynesian Grapsid Crab | Any area of the State | | | Signal Crayfish | Any area of the State | | | Mekong Giant Catfish | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Basa Fish | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Spot Pangasius | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Yellowtailed Catfish | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Discus Ray | Any area of the State | | | Parasitic Catfish | Any area of the State | | | New Zealand Mussel, New Zealand Green‑lipped Mussel, Greenshell Mussel, Kuku, Kutai | Any area of the State | | | Brown Mussel | Any area of the State | | | Asian Green Mussel | Any area of the State | | | Southern Redbelly Dace | Any area of the State | | | Mississippi Paddlefish | Any area of the State | | (syn. ) | Asian Clam, Amur River Clam, Overbite Clam, Brackish‑water Corbula | Any area of the State | | | Red Swamp Crayfish | Any area of the State | | | Marbled Crayfish, Marmorkrebs | Any area of the State | | | Marbled Lungfish | Any area of the State | | | Gilled Lungfish | Any area of the State | | | African Lungfish | Any area of the State | | | Slender Lungfish | Any area of the State | | | Chinese Swordfish | Any area of the State | | | Calanoid Copepod | Any area of the State | | | Tiger Catfish | Any area of the State | | | Ninespine Stickleback | Any area of the State | | spp. (entire genus) | Piranha (various) | Any area of the State | | | Flathead Catfish | Any area of the State | | (syn. ) | Asian Rapa Whelk, Veined Rapa Whelk | Any area of the State | | | Harris Mud Crab, White‑fingered Mud Crab, Zuiderzee Crab | Any area of the State | | | Roach | Any area of the State | | | European Fan Worm | Any area of the State except in the West Coast Region and the South Coast Region | | | Japweed, Wireweed, Strangle Weed | Any area of the State | | spp. (entire genus) | Pink, Slender, Greenwood’s, Mortimer’s, Cunene and Green Happy | Any area of the State | | spp. (entire genus) | Tilapia (various) | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Golden Barbel | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Silver Catfish | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Shoulderspot Catfish | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | African Butter Catfish | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Yangambi Butterbarbel | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | spp. (entire genus) | Cichlids | Any area of the State | | spp. (entire genus) | Piranha (various) | Any area of the State | | | Dusky Spinefoot | Any area of the State | | | Marbled Spinefoot, Rabbit Fish | Any area of the State | | spp. (entire genus) | European Catfish, Wels Catfish | Any area of the State | | | Warm‑water Barnacle | Any area of the State | | spp. (all except ) | Tilapia (various) | Any area of the State | | | Tench | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | (entire genus) | River Carp, Deccan, High Backed, Jungha, Putitor, Thai Mahseer | Any area of the State | | | | Any area of the State | | | Shokihaze Goby | Any area of the State | | | Shimofuri Goby | Any area of the State | | | Chameleon Goby, Striped Goby | Any area of the State except the Port of Bunbury, the Port of Fremantle and the Swan River | | | Japanese Kelp, Wakame | Any area of the State | | | Valencia Toothcarp | Any area of the State | | (syn. ) | Red Polysiphonous Macroalga | Any area of the State | | | Freshwater Minnow | Any area of the State |