Queensland Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 3A

(1) The main purpose of this Act is to be primarily achieved by—

(a) giving the chief executive appropriate powers to perform the chief executive's functions under this Act; and

(b) providing for the following—

(i) the management and protection of fish habitats;

(ii) the management of commercial, recreational and indigenous fishing;

(iii) the prevention, control and eradication of disease in fish;

(iv) the management of aquaculture.

(2) The further purpose of this Act under section 3(3) is to be primarily achieved by the chief executive establishing and managing a program for particular coastal waters of the State adjacent to coastal beaches used for bathing.

(3) The program is the shark control program.