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Fisheries Act 2000
75Taking fish contrary to licence
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75 Taking fish contrary to licence (1) The holder of a fisheries licence commits an offence if— (a) the licence holder takes a fish; and (b) the fisheries licence does not permit the holder to take the fish. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if— (a) the licence holder unintentionally takes the fish; and (b) the licence holder immediately returns the fish to the waters from which it was taken with the least possible injury.