Western Australian Current Regulations

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 64OAA

64OAA .         Release weight to be on boat used to fish for demersal scalefish

        (1)         In this regulation —

        release weight means a weight that —

            (a)         for the purpose of returning to the seabed a live fish that has been taken, is able to be attached to the fish; and

            (b)         is able to be detached from the fish when it reaches the seabed;

        West Coast Demersal Scalefish (Interim) Managed Fishery means the fishery declared under the West Coast Demersal Scalefish (Interim) Management Plan 2007 .

        (2)         If a person is fishing from a fishing boat under the authority conferred by an interim managed fishery permit that applies to the West Coast Demersal Scalefish (Interim) Managed Fishery, the master of the boat must ensure that there is a release weight on the boat.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        (3)         If a person is fishing for demersal finfish from a boat, other than a fishing boat, by means of a line, the master of the boat must ensure that there is a release weight on the boat.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        [Regulation 64OAA inserted: Gazette 8 Dec 2009 p. 4995; amended: Gazette 1 Mar 2011 p. 671; SL 2021/118 r. 19.]

        [Heading inserted: Gazette 22 Dec 2005 p. 6222.]