Fisheries Management Act 1994.

This basic Law on fisheries, consisting of 292 sections divided into ten Parts and completed by seven Schedules, is structured in the following Parts: Preliminary (I); General fisheries management: fishing closures, fishing gear, prohibited size fish, bag limits and protected fish, total allowable catches (II); Commercial share management fisheries (III); Licensing and other commercial fisheries management (IV); Charter fishing management (IVA); cooperation with Commonwealth and other States in fisheries management (V); Aquaculture management: permits, leases of public water land for aquaculture, diseased fish and marine vegetation (VI); Protection of aquatic habitats (VII); Threatened species conservation (VIIA); Administration (VIII); Enforcement (IX); Miscellaneous (X). Nine Schedules relate to (1) Share management fisheries; (2) Members and procedure of TAC Committee; (3) Members of the Share Management Fisheries Appeal Panel; (4) Endangered species, populations and ecological communities; (5) Vulnerable species; (6) Key threatening processes; (6A) Provisions relating to members and procedure of Fisheries Scientific Committee; (7) Savings, transitional and other provisions; (8) Amendment of other acts.
The general objective of this Act is to conserve, develop and share the fishery resources of the State for the benefit of present and future generations; in particular, to conserve fish stocks and protect fish habitats, to promote viable commercial fishing and aquaculture industries, to promote quality recreational fishing opportunities, to appropriately share fisheries resources between the users of those resources, to promote ecologically sustainable development. Special provision are set for Aboriginal cultural fishing.