Fisheries Management Act 1994
204BMarine vegetation protected from any commercial harvesting
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204B Marine vegetation protected from any commercial harvesting
204B Marine vegetation protected from any commercial harvesting
(1) This section applies to any marine vegetation declared by the regulations to be protected from commercial harvesting.
(2) A person must not gather or collect for commercial purposes any such protected marine vegetation in a protected area.
Maximum penalty—In the case of a corporation, 2,000 penalty units or, in any other case, 1,000 penalty units.
Note.
Permits for the commercial harvesting of other marine vegetation may be required by regulations under section 40(2)(k1).
s 204B: Ins 1997 No 153, Sch 1 [7]. Am 2001 No 104, Sch 1 [17] [18]; 2020 No 30, Sch 1.17[3].