Fish Resources Management Amendment Regulations (No. 14) 2002 (WA)

13 December 2002 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5795

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Fish Resources Management Act 1994

These regulations come into operation on 1 January 2003.

Fish Resources Management Amendment

Regulations (No. 14) 2002

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Fish Resources Management Amendment Regulations (No. 14) 2002.

2.            Commencement

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3.            The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Fish Resources
Management Regulations 1995*•

[* Reprinted as at 17 May 2002.

For amendments to 29 November 2002 see 2001 Index to Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 109-11, and Gazette 28 June, 10 September and 29 November 2002.]

4.            Regulation 14 amended

Regulation 14 is amended after paragraph (g) by inserting the following paragraph -

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(ga) Division 4DA - Bag and possession limits for

the Harvey Weir;

5.            Part 4 Division 4DA inserted

After Part 4 Division 4D the following Division is inserted -

Division 4DA - Bag and possession limits

for the Harvey Weir

301A.	Bag limit for marron in the Harvey Weir
For the purposes of section 50 of the Act, the bag limit in respect of marron taken from the Harvey Weir is 5 marron.
301B.	Possession limit for marron in the Harvey Weir
For the purposes of section 51(1) of the Act, the maximum quantity of marron that a person may be in possession of on the Harvey Weir, or within
500 in of the Harvey Weir high water mark, is
5 marron.

6.            Regulation 38G amended

Regulation 38G is amended by deleting the definition of "closed season" and inserting the following definition instead -

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"closed season" means -

(a)	in 2003, all of the year other than the period commencing midday 24 January and ending midday 9 February; and
(b)	in any other year, all of that year, other than the period commencing midday on the first Saturday after 3 January of that year, and

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ending midday on the last day of February in
that year;

7.            Regulation 38J amended

Regulation 38J is amended by deleting "A person must not fish
for marron in the Margaret River within the area that begins
50 m upstream of the Bussell Highway Bridge and ends 50 m
downstream of that bridge." and inserting instead -

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A person must not fish for marron in -

(a)	the Margaret River within the area that begins 50 m upstream of the Bussell Highway Bridge and ends 50 m downstream of that bridge;
(b)	the Margaret River upstream of the Ten Mile Brook junction; or
(c)	the tributaries flowing into the part of the river described in paragraph (b).

8.            Regulation 55F amended

Regulation 55F(2) is amended as follows:

(a)	after paragraph (b) by deleting "or";
(b)	at the end of paragraph (c) by deleting the full stop and inserting a semicolon;
(c)	After paragraph (c) by inserting the following paragraphs -

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

(e)	Deep River, upstream of the Deep River
Bridge, including the tributaries flowing into
that part of the river; or
(0	Gardner River including the tributaries flowing
into that part of the river.

9.            Regulation 55K amended

Regulation 55K(l) is amended by deleting "2004" and inserting
instead -
" 2003

10.          Regulation 55L amended

Regulation 55L(l) is amended by deleting "2005" and inserting instead -

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11.          Schedule 2 amended

Schedule 2 Part 2 Division 5 is amended by deleting the entry commencing "Marron" and inserting the following entry instead

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Marron

when taken from	the Harvey Weir	90
in any other case	76

12.          Schedule 7 amended

Schedule 7 is amended in the portion commencing with the heading "Crustaceans" as follows:

(a)

in the entry commencing "Freshwater Crayfish" after " and C. cainii ";

(b) "tenzlimaints"

in the entry commencing "Marron" after " and C. cainii ".

By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.