14Taking shellfish for recreational fishing

14 Taking shellfish for recreational fishing

(1)  Unless otherwise authorised, a person must not, in any one day, take from State waters more than –

(a) 200 wedge shells; or

(b) 100 mussels; or

(c) 100 periwinkles; or

(d) 50 native oysters; or

(e) 20 shellfish of a species, or mixture of species, different from those referred to in paragraph (a) , (b) , (c) or (d) ; or

(f) a combination of 100 clams, cockles, pipis and other molluscan bivalves of the order Veneroida excluding wedge shells.

Penalty:  Grade 2 penalty.

(2)  Subrule (1)(e) is not to be taken as authorising the taking of a fish referred to in regulation 15 of the Fisheries (General and Fees) Regulations 2016 .

(3)  Subrule (1)(a) and (e) do not apply to an Aborigine who is engaged in an Aboriginal cultural activity.

(4)  There is no limit on the number of Pacific oysters that may be taken by a person engaged in recreational fishing.