36Offences relating to commercial fishing activities

36 Offences relating to commercial fishing activities (a) take fish for sale; or (b) take fishing bait for sale; or (c) use commercial fishing equipment— 1. If the offence involved a priority species: 200 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment or both. In any other case: 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both. (2) A person must not possess commercial fishing equipment unless he or she is authorised to do so under this Act. 1. 40 penalty units. (3) A person may do any of the things referred to in subsection (1) or (2) if he or she— (a) is acting on behalf of the holder of an access licence who is authorised to do that thing; and (b) is authorised by that access licence to do that thing; and S. 37 substituted by No. 5/1997