Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995
39Rules relating to fish and fishing
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39 Rules relating to fish and fishing
Rules may be made in relation to the following matters relating to fish and fishing:
(a) the regulation of fishing in a fishery;
(b) the possession of fish taken in a fishery;
(c) requirements relating to any accidental or incidental taking of fish in a fishery;
(d) the identification of fish by any means;
(e) the checking, measuring, grading, counting or weighing of fish taken in a fishery;
(f) the prohibition of the purchase or sale of fish taken or dealt with in contravention of a management plan;
(g) the prohibition of fish being unloaded outside the port, place or area nominated by the holder of a licence;
(h) the notification of the time and place of arrival at a place to land fish;
(i) the measures to limit accidental or incidental catches;
(j) the measures to offset arrangements to compensate for damage to the environment done by fishing or damage to kinds or species of fish which is prohibited or restricted by a management plan;
(k) the prohibition in any specified period of taking or bringing fish onto land or into State waters;
(l) the possession of a greater quantity, weight or volume of fish of a specified species than the quantity, weight or volume specified in a management plan in respect of that species of fish;
(m) the area, port or place in which, or at which, fish may be unloaded or delivered.