5Definition of “fish”

5 Definition of “fish”

5 Definition of “fish”

(1) In this Act, fish means marine, estuarine or freshwater fish or other aquatic animal life at any stage of their life history (whether alive or dead).

(2) In this Act, fish includes—

(a) oysters and other aquatic molluscs, and

(b) crustaceans, and

(c) echinoderms, and

(d) beachworms and other aquatic polychaetes.

(3) In this Act, fish also includes any part of a fish.

(4) However, in this Act, fish does not include whales, mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians or other things excluded from the definition by the regulations.

s 5: Am 1997 No 153, Sch 5 [5].