102Commercial fishers required to be licensed

102 Commercial fishers required to be licensed

102 Commercial fishers required to be licensed

(1) A person must not take fish for sale from waters to which this Act applies unless the person is authorised to do so by a commercial fishing licence.

Maximum penalty—

(a) in the case of an individual—

(i) 1,000 penalty units for a first offence, or

(ii) 2,000 penalty units for a second or subsequent offence, or

(b) in the case of a corporation—

(i) 2,000 penalty units for a first offence, or

(ii) 4,000 penalty units for a second or subsequent offence.

(2) This section does not apply to a member of the crew of a boat licensed under Division 2 who takes fish as an employee or agent of the master of the boat.

Note.

A commercial fishing licence will, under other provisions of this Act, require an endorsement if the holder is to take fish in a share management fishery or in a restricted fishery.

s 102: Am 2004 No 26, Sch 1 [28]; 2009 No 114, Sch 1 [56].