Fisheries (General) Regulations 2000 (SA)

South Australia

Fisheries (General) Regulations 2000

under the Fisheries Act 1982

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1. Citation

2. Revocation

3. Interpretation

Part 2—Regulation of fishing

1. Fishing activities of a prescribed class (section 41 of the Act)

2. Protected fish (section 42 of the Act)

3. Sale, purchase or possession of fish (section 44 of the Act)

4. Registration of devices for recreational use

5. Registration of devices for commercial use

6. Inspection of certificate of registration of devices registered for recreational use

7. Requirements relating to buoys

8. Requirements relating to tags

9. Carriage of certain devices in specified areas

10. Carriage of certain devices while using scuba etc

11. Carriage of devices near lock and weirs of Murray River

12. Distinguishing marks on boats (section 34 of the Act)

13. Aquatic or benthic flora or fauna (section 48G(9) of the Act)

14. Mutilation of certain fish

15. Provisions relating to abalone fishing

16. Keeping of fish in corfs

17. Keeping of rock lobster

18. Duty of rock lobster fishery licence holder to mark buoys

19. Duty to clip tail fan of rock lobster

20. Berleying

24ACommercial bait nets not to be left unattended

1. Requirement to remove anchors etc from nets removed from Lakes and Coorong Fishery

2. Marking of receptacles in which fish are transported, consigned for sale etc

Part 3—Miscellaneous

1. Fees

2. Notice of seizure of device

3. Research and Development Fund—prescribed fishing industry body

4. Notice of address for service of documents

5. Evidentiary provision

6. Expiation of alleged offences

Schedule 1—Classes of fishing activities prescribed for purposes of section 41 of Act

Schedule 2—Areas in which use of fish nets is prohibited

Part 1—Areas in which use of any fish net is prohibited

Part 2—Areas in which use of gill net, purse seine net or other hauling net is prohibited

Schedule 3—Areas and carrying of explosive devices when diving

Schedule 4—Rock lobster—removal of middle tail fan

Schedule 5—Fees

Schedule 6—Undersize fish

1. Abalone taken by licensed person

2. Abalone taken by unlicensed person

3. Cockle

4. Crab

5. Garfish

6. Mulloway

7. Rock lobster

8. Scallop

9. Shark

9AWhiting, King George

1. Other species and classes of fish

Schedule 7—Species of fish prescribed for the purposes of section 48G of the Act

Schedule 8—Classes of fish and quantities prescribed for purposes of section 44(4) of Act

Schedule 9—Expiation of offences

Legislative history

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Fisheries (General) Regulations 2000.

3—Revocation

The Fisheries (General) Regulations 1984 (see Gazette 28.6.1984 p1947), as varied, are revoked.

4—Interpretation

1. In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

   Act means the Fisheries Act 1982;

   bait net means a fish net that—

   (a)is not more than 150 metres in length; and

   (b)has a mesh size of not less than 30 millimetres and not more than 150 millimetres;

   blue crab means blue crab (Portunus pelagicus);

   blue groper means blue groper (Achoerodus gouldii);

   calamary means calamary (Sepioteuthis australis);

   callop (golden perch) means callop (golden perch (Macquaria ambigua));

   callop (Lake Eyre perch) means callop (Lake Eyre perch (Macquaria n.sp));

   catfish means catfish (Family Plotosidae);

   Charter Boat Fishery means the fishery constituted by the Fisheries (Scheme…