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Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2019
84Prohibited lures and baits
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#### 84 Prohibited lures and baits
84 Prohibited lures and baits
> > (1) A person must not take any fish from any waters with a lure or bait that is—
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> > > (a) a live bird, or
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> > > (b) a live mammal.
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> > Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
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> > (2) A person must not take any fish from inland waters with a lure or bait that is—
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> > > (a) a live finfish, or
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> > > (b) any fish or any part of a fish not native to the waters of New South Wales (other than dead carp), or
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> > > (c) trout or salmon roe or any product containing trout or salmon roe.
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> > Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
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> > (3) A person must not take Atlantic salmon or trout with any lure or bait other than—
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> > > (a) natural flies or insects, or their larvae, or
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> > > (b) worms, freshwater shrimps, yabbies or mussels, or
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> > > (c) artificial lures or baits, or
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> > > (d) plant matter.
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> > Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
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> > (4) A person fishing in inland waters must, on the demand of a fisheries officer, produce to that officer the lure or bait being used by that person.
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> > Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
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> > (5) In this clause, carp means fish of the species *Cyprinus carpio* or *Carassius auratus*.