Inland Fisheries (Seasons and Waters) Order 1996
5Taking indigenous fish
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5 Taking indigenous fish
The following indigenous fish may only be taken during the following periods at the following places:
(a) [Clause 5 Amended by S.R. 2004, No. 37, Applied:09 Jun 2004] [Clause 5 Amended by S.R. 2011, No. 100, Applied:28 Sep 2011] [Clause 5 Amended by S.R. 2020, No. 48, Applied:22 Jul 2020] during the periods and at the places specified in clause 4(1) and (2) and at any time in the waters specified in Schedule 1 of the Inland Fisheries Regulations 2019 –
(i) blackfish (Gadopsis marmoratus);
(ii) freshwater eels (Anguilla australis and Anguilla reinhardtii);
(iii) [Clause 5 Amended by S.R. 2018, No. 47, Applied:25 Jul 2018] estuary perch (Percalates colonorum);
(iv) black bream (Acanthopagrus butcheri);
(b) [Clause 5 Amended by S.R. 2000, No. 100, Applied:12 Jul 2000] . . . . . . . .
(c) [Clause 5 Amended by S.R. 2011, No. 100, Applied:28 Sep 2011] whitebait between sunrise and sunset and between 1 October and 11 November in the same year –
(i) at the rivers specified in the table in Schedule 1 , landward of the seaward limits of those rivers; and
(ii) in the years specified for those rivers in the table in Schedule 1 ;
(d) [Clause 5 Amended by S.R. 2000, No. 100, Applied:12 Jul 2000] any other indigenous fish, at any time in the waters specified in Schedule 1 of the .