15Fish protected from commercial fishing

15 Fish protected from commercial fishing

15 Fish protected from commercial fishing

(1) For the purposes of section 20 (1) of the Act, the species of fish specified in Table 1 are protected absolutely from all commercial fishing.

(2) For the purposes of section 20 (4) of the Act, the sale of any species of fish specified in Table 2 is prohibited absolutely.

Table 1 Fish protected absolutely from all commercial fishing

| Common name | Species | | Marine and estuarine species | | Eastern Blue Groper, Blue Groper, Brown Groper, Red Groper | Achoerodus viridis | | Black Marlin | Makaira indica | | Blue Marlin | Makaira nigricans | | Striped Marlin | Kajikia audax | | Freshwater species | | Atlantic Salmon | Salmo salar | | Australian Bass | Macquaria novemaculeata | | Freshwater Catfish, Eel-tailed Catfish | Tandanus tandanus | | Estuary Perch | Macquaria colonorum | | Freshwater Crayfish | Genera Euastacus and Cherax except common yabby Cherax destructor | | Golden Perch, Yellow Belly Perch | Macquaria ambigua | | Murray Cod | Maccullochella peelii | | Brook Trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | | Brown Trout | Salmo trutta | | Rainbow Trout | Oncorhynchus mykiss |

Table 2 Fish protected absolutely from sale

| Common name | Species | | Marine and estuarine species | | Black Marlin | Makaira indica | | Blue Marlin | Makaira nigricans | | Striped Marlin | Kajikia audax | | Freshwater species | | Atlantic Salmon | Salmo salar | | Australian Bass | Macquaria novemaculeata | | Freshwater Catfish, Eel-tailed Catfish | Tandanus tandanus | | Estuary Perch | Macquaria colonorum | | Freshwater Crayfish | Genera Euastacus and Cherax except common yabby Cherax destructor | | Brook Trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | | Brown Trout | Salmo trutta | | Rainbow Trout | Oncorhynchus mykiss |

cl 15: Am 2023 (13), Sch 5[6].