Fisheries Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Marine Reserves and Marine Parks
27. Offence to do certain acts without licence
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person who, in any marine reserve or marine park, without a licence —
marine reserve
“marine reserve” means any area established as a marine reserve under section 26(1)(a);
fishes or attempts to fish;
takes, removes or is in possession of any aquatic flora and fauna or part thereof, whether dead or alive;
collects or is in possession of any coral, dredges or extracts any sand or gravel, discharges or deposits any pollutant, alters or destroys the natural breeding grounds or habitat of aquatic life, or destroys any aquatic life;
undertake photography, filming or sound recording of aquatic life;
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constructs or lays lines, cables, pipelines, ropeways and associated structures in, on or under the bed of a marine reserve or marine park;
constructs or erects any building or other structure on or over any land or waters within a marine reserve or marine park;
anchors any vessel by dropping any kind of weight on or by attaching any kind of rope or chain to, any coral, rock or other submerged object; or
destroys, defaces or removes any object, whether animate or inanimate, in a marine reserve or marine park, is guilty of an offence.
A licence to do any of the things referred to in subsection (1)
may be issued where it is necessary for the proper management of the marine reserve or marine park or pursuant to any of the purposes referred to in section 26(1).
marine park
“marine park” means any area established as a marine park under section 26(1)(b);
Terms defined in s 2
fish
Defined · s 2“fish” means any aquatic animal or plant life, whether sedentary or not, and includes all species of fin fish, crustacean, molluscs, aquatic mammals or their eggs or spawn, fry, fingerling, spat or young, but does not include any species of otters, turtles or their eggs;
marine park
Defined · s 2“marine park” means any area established as a marine park under section 26(1)(b);
marine reserve
Defined · s 2“marine reserve” means any area established as a marine reserve under section 26(1)(a);
vessel
Defined · s 2“vessel” means any boat, ship or other water-going craft and includes a hovercraft.
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