Fisheries Management Amendment Act 2009.

This Act amends the Fisheries Management Act 1994. Amendments to the Fisheries Act are reported in section 21AA establishing special provision for Aboriginal cultural fishing as follows: (1) An Aboriginal person is authorised to take or possess fish, despite section 17 or 18, if the fish are taken or possessed for the purpose of Aboriginal cultural fishing. (2) The authority conferred by this section is subject to any regulations made under this section. (3) The regulations may make provision for the management of Aboriginal cultural fishing as authorised by this section. (4) Without limiting the above, the regulations may: (a) prescribe the circumstances in which the taking or possession of fish by Aboriginal persons for the purpose of Aboriginal cultural fishing is authorised by this section, and (b) specify restrictions as to the quantity of fish of a specified species or of a specified class that may be taken by or be in the possession of Aboriginal persons for the purposes of Aboriginal cultural fishing as authorised by this section.