Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 44A

44A .         Freshwater fish, closed season for

        (1)         In this regulation —

        freshwater fish means the fish listed in Schedule 7 Division 2.

        (2)         Subject to subregulation (3), a person must not fish for freshwater fish during the period from 1 July to 31 August, both dates inclusive, in any year in waters south of 29° south latitude above the tidal influence, including all lakes, dams, rivers and their tributaries.

        Penalty: a fine of $2 000.

        (3)         Subregulation (2) does not apply to a person who fishes for freshwater fish —

            (a)         in waters on private land, other than waters passing through that land; or

            (b)         in the waters, including tributaries flowing into those waters, of —

                  (i)         Big Brook Dam;

                  (ii)         the Blackwood River;

                  (iii)         the Donnelly River;

                  (iv)         Glen Mervyn Dam;

                  (v)         the Murray River;

                  (vi)         Lake Leschenaultia;

                  (vii)         Logue Brook Dam;

                  (viii)         the Serpentine River, upstream of Serpentine Falls and downstream of the Serpentine Pipe‑Head Dam;

                  (ix)         the Warren River;

                  (x)         Wellington Dam.

        [Regulation 44A inserted in Gazette 2 Nov 2011 p. 4621-2.]