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Fisheries Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Offences and Penalties
Fisheries Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Offences and Penalties
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Any person who destroys or abandons any fish, fishing appliance, explosive, poison, pollutant or other noxious substance, apparatus, prohibited gear or any other thing with intent to avoid its seizure or the detection of any offence against this Act is guilty of an offence.
fish
“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;
fish
“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;
fishing appliance
“fishing appliance” includes a fishing net, fishing trap, fishing stakes and any gear, with or without floats, buoys or sinkers, designed for capturing fish and includes any such gear of hook-and-line type;
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