Western Australian Current Acts

AQUATIC RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 2016 - SECT 4

4 .         Meaning of aquatic resource

        (1)         In this Act, a reference to an aquatic resource is a reference to —

            (a)         a population of one or more identifiable groups of aquatic organisms; or

            (b)         one or more identifiable groups of aquatic organisms in a bioregion, area, habitat or ecosystem.

        (2)         Without limiting subsection (1), an identifiable group of aquatic organisms includes —

            (a)         a species of aquatic organisms; and

            (b)         a species of aquatic organisms limited by reference to sex, weight, size, reproductive cycle or any other characteristic; and

            (c)         a species of aquatic organism limited by reference to the way in which the organism is taken.

        [Section 4 amended: No. 14 of 2021 s. 5.]