Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020
sec.66ADealing with particular fish regulated under Fisheries Act 1994
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sec.66A Dealing with particular fish regulated under Fisheries Act 1994
A person may carry out any of the following activities in relation to a fish of a regulated species to the extent the person is authorised under the Fisheries Act 1994 to carry out the activity— take the fish; keep the fish; use the fish; release the fish into the wild. In this section— regulated species means each of the following species of fish— Australian lungfish ( Neoceratodus forsteri ); largetooth sawfish ( Pristis pristis ); Mary River cod ( Maccullochella mariensis ); redfish ( Centroberyx affinis ); scalloped hammerhead ( Sphyrna lewini ); silver perch ( Bidyanus bidyanus ). s 66A ins 2024 SL No. 196 s 18 amd 2025 SL No. 42 s 19 (sec.66A-ssec.1) A person may carry out any of the following activities in relation to a fish of a regulated species to the extent the person is authorised under the Fisheries Act 1994 to carry out the activity— take the fish; keep the fish; use the fish; release the fish into the wild. (sec.66A-ssec.2) In this section— regulated species means each of the following species of fish— Australian lungfish ( Neoceratodus forsteri ); largetooth sawfish ( Pristis pristis ); Mary River cod ( Maccullochella mariensis ); redfish ( Centroberyx affinis ); scalloped hammerhead ( Sphyrna lewini ); silver perch ( Bidyanus bidyanus ).
- (a) take the fish;
- (b) keep the fish;
- (c) use the fish;
- (d) release the fish into the wild.
- (a) Australian lungfish ( Neoceratodus forsteri );
- (b) largetooth sawfish ( Pristis pristis );
- (c) Mary River cod ( Maccullochella mariensis );
- (d) redfish ( Centroberyx affinis );
- (e) scalloped hammerhead ( Sphyrna lewini );
- (f) silver perch ( Bidyanus bidyanus ).