Fisheries Act 1982 (SA)

South Australia

Fisheries Act 1982

An Act to provide for the conservation, enhancement and management of fisheries, the regulation of fishing and the protection of certain fish; to provide for the protection of marine mammals and the aquatic habitat; to provide for the control of exotic fish and disease in fish, and the regulation of fish processing; and for other purposes.

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Fisheries Act 1982.

5—Interpretation

1. (1)

   In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—

abalone means abalone (Haliotis spp.) of all species;

Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary has the same meaning as in the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Act 2005;

aquatic reserve means any waters, or land and waters, declared by proclamation under Division 2 of Part 4 to be an aquatic reserve;

Australian fishing zone means the Australian fishing zone as defined in the Commonwealth Act;

authority means a licence, permit, registration or lease provided for by or under this Act;

boat means any means of transportation on or under water;

Commonwealth Act means the Fisheries Management Act 1991 of the Commonwealth as amended from time to time or any Act enacted in substitution of that Act;

device means any implement, apparatus, device or substance for taking or facilitating the taking of fish;

the Director means the person for the time being holding or acting in the office of the Director of Fisheries under Part 3;

exotic fish means fish of a class declared by regulation to be exotic fish;

farm fish means fish propagated or kept for the purpose of trade or business, the control or eradication of the aquatic or benthic flora or fauna or consumption as food;

fish means an aquatic organism of any species and includes the eggs, spat or spawn, or the body, or part of the body (including the shell) of such an organism;

fisheries officer means a person who is a fisheries officer under Part 3 either by virtue of appointment as such or ex officio;

the Fisheries Research and Development Fund means the Fisheries Research and Development Fund continued in existence under Division 4 of Part 3;

fishery means a class of fishing activities declared by regulation to constitute a fishery under Division 1 of Part 4;

fishery licence means a licence granted in respect of a fishery under Division 1 of Part 4 and includes a duplicate copy of such a licence;

fishing activity means the act of taking fish, or an act preparatory to, or involved in, the taking of fish;

fish processor means a person who for the purpose of trade or business processes or purchases or obtains fish;

foreign boat has the same meaning as it has in the Commonwealth Act;

management committee means a management committee established in respect of a fishery by the regulations;

marine mammal means a seal or sea lion (order Pinnipedia) or a dolphin or whale (order Cetacea);

marine park means any…