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Fisheries Act 1994
sec.3AHow particular purposes are to be primarily achieved
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### sec.3A How particular purposes are to be primarily achieved
The main purpose of this Act is to be primarily achieved by providing for—
the management and protection of fish habitats; and
the management of commercial, charter, recreational and Indigenous fishing; and
the management of aquaculture.
The main purpose of this Act is to be achieved, so far as is practicable—
in consultation with, and having regard to the views and interests of, all persons involved in commercial, charter, recreational or Indigenous fishing and the community generally; and
using a transparent and responsive approach to the management of access to fisheries resources.
The further purpose of this Act under section 3 (3) is to be primarily achieved by the chief executive establishing and managing a program for particular coastal waters of the State adjacent to coastal beaches used for bathing.
The program is the shark control program .
s 3A ins 2002 No. 49 s 12
amd 2006 No. 28 s 6 ; 2014 No. 7 s 530 ; 2019 No. 6 s 28 ; 2024 No. 17 s 135
(sec.3A-ssec.1) The main purpose of this Act is to be primarily achieved by providing for— the management and protection of fish habitats; and the management of commercial, charter, recreational and Indigenous fishing; and the management of aquaculture.
(sec.3A-ssec.2) The main purpose of this Act is to be achieved, so far as is practicable— in consultation with, and having regard to the views and interests of, all persons involved in commercial, charter, recreational or Indigenous fishing and the community generally; and using a transparent and responsive approach to the management of access to fisheries resources.
(sec.3A-ssec.3) The further purpose of this Act under section 3 (3) is to be primarily achieved by the chief executive establishing and managing a program for particular coastal waters of the State adjacent to coastal beaches used for bathing.
(sec.3A-ssec.4) The program is the shark control program .
- (a) the management and protection of fish habitats; and
- (b) the management of commercial, charter, recreational and Indigenous fishing; and
- (c) the management of aquaculture.
- (a) in consultation with, and having regard to the views and interests of, all persons involved in commercial, charter, recreational or Indigenous fishing and the community generally; and
- (b) using a transparent and responsive approach to the management of access to fisheries resources.