NSWIn ForceAct
Fisheries Management Act 1994
5Definition of “fish”
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 5
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Fisheries Management Act 1994.
#### 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 \[5\].