220OProtection measures apart from listing

#### 220O Protection measures apart from listing 220O Protection measures apart from listing > > (1) The Fisheries Scientific Committee may, if of the opinion that a species, population or ecological community should be protected but does not satisfy the criteria for listing, recommend to the Minister that other measures should be taken under this Act to protect the species, population or ecological community. > > > (2) The Minister is to give the Committee the reasons for any rejection of such a recommendation of the Committee. > > Note. > > The measures that could be taken to protect an unlisted species, population or ecological community include fishing closures (s 8), prohibitions on the taking of specified species of fish (s 19—protected fish), prohibitions on the taking of specified species of fish for sale or taking fish from specified waters (s 20—fish and waters protected from commercial fishing), prohibitions on recreational fishing (s 20A—fish and waters protected from recreational fishing), bag limits (s 17), declaration of prohibited size of fish (s 15), restrictions on the lawful use of fishing gear (s 24), fishing determinations and quotas (Part 2A), declaration of share management fishery (ss 41–101), declaration of restricted fishery (ss 111–116), habitat protection plans (s 192) and protection of marine vegetation (ss 204–205A). > > **s 220O:** Ins 1997 No 153, Sch 1 \[9\]. Am 2001 No 104, Sch 1 \[25\]; 2015 No 15, Sch 2.23; 2015 No 59, Sch 1 \[104\] \[105\].