2008 No 10

New South Wales

Fisheries Management (Authority to Fish Silver Perch) Order 2007 under the Fisheries Management Act 1994

I, the Minister for Primary Industries, make the following Order under section 221IA of the Fisheries Management Act 1994. Dated, this 17th day of December 2007.

IAN MACDONALD, M.L.C., Minister for Primary Industries Explanatory note The silver perch is listed as a vulnerable species (which is a category of threatened species) under the Fisheries Management Act 1994. The Act enables the Minister for Primary Industries to make an order authorising a class of persons to carry out an activity that may result in harm to a threatened species, population or ecological community or damage to its habitat, subject to the Minister’s compliance with the requirements of Subdivision 1A of Division 6 of Part 7A of the Act. The object of this Order is to authorise recreational fishers to fish for silver perch in specified waters, subject to compliance with any applicable fishing regulatory controls. This Order is made under section 221IA of the Fisheries Management Act 1994.

Published in Gazette No 9 of 18 January 2008, page 80 Page 1 2008 No 10 Clause 1 Fisheries Management (Authority to Fish Silver Perch) Order 2007

Fisheries Management (Authority to Fish Silver Perch) Order 2007 under the Fisheries Management Act 1994

1 Name of Order This Order is the Fisheries Management (Authority to Fish Silver Perch) Order 2007.

2 Commencement This Order takes effect on the day that it is published in the Gazette.

3 Activities authorised by this Order (1) Recreational fishers may take silver perch, or possess silver perch taken, from the following bodies of water, or carry out any routine activity in that connection, subject to compliance with any applicable fishing regulatory controls:

Ben Chifley Jounama Pondage Lake Albert Lake Wyangan Wyangla Dam Yass Weir

(2) In this clause, fishing regulatory controls has the same meaning as in Division 5 of Part 5 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.

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