Western Australian Current Regulations

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 42

42 .         Molluscs (not abalone or oyster), shucking of

        (1)         A person, other than a person who is the holder of a commercial fishing licence or an aquaculture licence, must not —

            (a)         on the seaward side of the high water mark, or within 200 m of, and on the landward side of, the high water mark —

                  (i)         remove the shell, or cause or permit the shell to be removed, from a cockle, ark shell, venus clam or other species of edible mollusc; or

                  (ii)         be in possession of a cockle, ark shell, venus clam or other species of edible mollusc from which the shell has been removed;

                or

            (b)         bring onto land, or attempt to bring onto land, a cockle, ark shell, a venus clam or any other edible mollusc from which the shell has been removed.

        (2)         Subregulation (1)(a) does not apply to a person who removes the shell, or causes or permits the shell to be removed, from a cockle (ark shell), venus clam or any other edible mollusc for the purpose of immediately consuming the mollusc or using it as bait.

        (3)         This regulation does not apply in respect of abalone or oyster.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        [Regulation 42 amended: Gazette 1 Oct 2003 p. 4302; 4 Nov 2005 p. 5311.]