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Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2019
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#### 74 Interference with fishing activities
74 Interference with fishing activities
> A person must not, after being directed to cease doing so by a fisheries officer, drive, ride or use a boat, surfboard, water ski, aquaplane or similar equipment—
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> > (a) in any waters on a recognised fishing ground in such a manner and in such proximity to the ground as is likely to cause the dispersal of schooling fish, or fish travelling in a school or shoal, or
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> > (b) in any waters in a manner that unreasonably interferes with the operations of a commercial fisher lawfully fishing in those waters or waiting to carry on lawful fishing in those waters.
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> Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.