Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 14

14 .         Special risk finfish, how to be landed

        (1)         In this regulation —

        special risk finfish means a finfish referred to in column 1 of the Table to this subregulation if it is brought onto land as specified in column 2 of that Table opposite the fish.

Special risk finfish

finfish	brought onto land
barramundi	brought onto land in the Ord River area, as defined in regulation 64ZF
barramundi	brought onto land from the waters of King Sound south of 17° 27′ south latitude, including all waters of the Fitzroy River and its tributaries
black bream	brought onto land from the waters of the Swan River or Canning River
estuary cod	brought onto land anywhere in the State
malabar cod	brought onto land anywhere in the State
Queensland groper	brought onto land anywhere in the State
tailor	brought onto land in the West Coast Region
whaler shark	brought onto land in the West Coast Region or the South Coast Region

        (2)         A person must not bring onto land a finfish that is a special risk finfish when brought onto that land unless it is a whole fish.

        Penalty: $3 000 and the penalty provided in section 222 of the Act.

        (3)         Subregulation (2) does not apply to, or in respect of —

            (a)         finfish taken for a commercial purpose in accordance with an authorisation; or

            (b)         finfish if it —

                  (i)         was brought by the person onto the mainland following a lawful overnight stay on an island by the person; and

                  (ii)         had been brought onto the island, and kept there while the person stayed there overnight;

                or

            (c)         whaler shark that is a fish trunk.

        [Regulation 14 inserted in Gazette 4 Nov 2005 p. 5301‑2; amended in Gazette 13 Feb 2009 p. 298; 29 Mar 2011 p. 1151.]