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Fisheries Management Act 1994
216Releasing live fish into waters prohibited
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#### 216 Releasing live fish into waters prohibited
216 Releasing live fish into waters prohibited
> > (1) A person must not release into any waters any live fish except under the authority of a permit issued by the Minister or an aquaculture permit.
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> > Maximum penalty—In the case of a corporation, 100 penalty units or, in any other case, 50 penalty units.
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> > (2) This section does not apply to the immediate return of fish to waters from which they were taken.
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> > (3) This section applies only to the release of fish into the sea, into a river, creek or other flowing stream of water or into a lake.
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> > (4) In this section, release a fish, includes depositing them or permitting them to escape.
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> **s 216:** Am 2009 No 114, Sch 1 \[105\].