6Meaning of fishery

6 Meaning of fishery

[Section 6 Substituted by No. 26 of 1997, s. 4, Applied:03 Sep 1997]

(1)  A fishery includes activities by way of fishing identified by reference to any or all of the following:

(a) a species, type or class of fish;

(b) a description of fish by reference to sex, size or another characteristic;

(c) an area of water, seabed or land;

(d) a method of fishing;

(e) a class or type of vessel;

(f) a class of persons;

(g) a purpose of an activity;

(h) a season.

(2)  A fishery includes the activity of processing or handling fish.

(3)  [Section 6 Subsection (3) inserted by No. 3 of 2022, s. 6, Applied:18 Mar 2022] For the purposes of subsection (1)(g) , a purpose of an activity may include, but is not limited to, a purpose of an activity specified in an arrangement entered into under Part 7 .