96Prohibition on transfer of fish from one boat to another

96 Prohibition on transfer of fish from one boat to another

96 Prohibition on transfer of fish from one boat to another

(1) A person must not transfer any fish that has been taken by a recreational fisher while on board a boat from that boat to another boat when either boat is not secured to the shore, a mooring, a wharf or a marina berth.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(2) This clause does not apply to any of the following species of bait—

(a) Engraulis australis (Australian anchovy),

(b) Herklotsichthys castelnaui (southern herring),

(c) Etrumeus teres (maray, round herring),

(d) Sardinops sagax (Australian sardine, pilchard),

(e) Spratelloides robustus (blue sprat, bluebait),

(f) Hyperlophus vittatus (sandy sprat, whitebait),

(g) Scomber australasicus (blue mackerel, slimy mackerel),

(h) Trachurus spp. (yellowtail, jack mackerel),

(i) family Hemiramphidae (garfish),

(j) family Atherinidae (hardyhead, silverfish),

(k) all species of squid,

(l) all species of cuttlefish.