Fisheries Management Act 1994

A commercial fishing licence does not authorise a person to take fish for sale in a restricted fishery unless the holder is authorised by the Minister, by an endorsement on the licence, to do so.

The authority conferred by such an endorsement is subject to such conditions as are prescribed by the regulations or specified in the endorsement.

The Minister may, at any time by notice in writing to the holder of a licence who is authorised by an endorsement to take fish in a restricted fishery, revoke or vary the conditions of the endorsement or add new conditions. This subsection does not apply to conditions prescribed by the regulations.

The holder of a commercial fishing licence who contravenes any condition of an endorsement on the licence under this section is guilty of an offence.

200 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months (or both) for a first offence, or

400 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months (or both) for a second or subsequent offence.

The Minister may approve arrangements under which a person who is eligible for an endorsement in a restricted fishery is given an endorsement in the form of a separate document from the commercial fishing licence of the person. Any such document is taken to be an endorsement on the commercial fishing licence of the person authorised by the endorsement to take fish in the fishery, and references in this Act or the regulations to an endorsement extend to an endorsement in that form.