Western Australian Current Regulations

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 64S

64S .         Certain fishing gear not to be possessed near certain rivers and dams

        (1)         A person referred to in subregulation (2) must not be in possession of anything capable of taking fish other than —

            (a)         a single marron scoop net or a single marron pole snare or not more than 6 marron drop nets; and

            (b)         1 or more rods, reels and lines, or hand‑held lines; and

            (c)         a landing net, in accordance with regulation 64T.

        Penalty: For a first offence $5 000 or, for a second or subsequent offence, $10 000.

        (2)         Subregulation (1) applies to a person who is in or on, or within 50 m of, the waters of —

            (a)         Capel River, including its tributaries; or

            (b)         Preston River, including its tributaries; or

            (ca)         the Collie River —

                  (i)         upstream of the Australind Bypass Road and downstream of the Wellington Dam wall; and

                  (ii)         upstream of the Mungalup Road Bridge;

                or

            (c)         the Blackwood River upstream of the Alexandra Bridge, the Donnelly River or the Warren River, including the tributaries flowing into those waters; or

            (d)         Hutt River, Moore River and Murray River, upstream of the Pinjarra Weir, including the tributaries flowing into those waters; or

            (e)         Deep River, including its tributaries; or

            (f)         Gardner River, including its tributaries.

        (3)         A person referred to in subregulation (4) must not be in possession of anything capable of taking fish other than —

            (a)         a single marron pole snare; and

            (b)         1 or more rods, reels and lines, or hand‑held lines; and

            (c)         a landing net, in accordance with regulation 64T.

        Penalty: For a first offence $5 000 or, for a second or subsequent offence, $10 000.

        (4)         Subregulation (3) applies to a person who is in or on, or within 50 m of, the waters —

        [(a)‑(c)         deleted]

            (d)         of Harvey Dam and the Harvey River upstream of the South Western Highway, including the tributaries flowing into those waters; or

            (e)         upstream of the Wellington Dam wall, including the tributaries flowing into those waters but not including the waters of the Collie River upstream of the Mungalup Road Bridge; or

        [(f)         deleted]

            (g)         of the Margaret River, including its tributaries but not including —

                  (i)         the waters of the Margaret River within the area that begins 300 m upstream of the Bussell Highway Bridge and ends 50 m downstream of that bridge; or

                  (ii)         the waters of the Margaret River upstream of the Ten Mile Brook junction; or

                  (iii)         the tributaries flowing into the part of the river described in subparagraph (ii);

                or

            (h)         of Big Brook Dam, Drakes Brook Dam, Glen Mervyn Dam, Logue Brook Dam and Lake Navarino (Waroona Dam).

        [Regulation 64S inserted: Gazette 1 Oct 2003 p. 4316‑18; amended: Gazette 29 Dec 2006 p. 5891; 13 Oct 2009 p. 4033‑4; 2 Nov 2011 p. 4624; SL 2024/263 r. 14.]