Hon Lynn MacLaren requests the Minister for Fisheries to table the written authority for deploying shark capture gear since 2009. The Minister tables two relevant exemptions.

AnsweredQoN 1413Legislative Council
Asked
3 December 2014
Portfolio
Fisheries

QuestionView source ↗

SHARK ATTACK — PREVENTIVE MEASURES
1413. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the Minister
for Fisheries:
I refer to question without notice 1246
asked on 18 November 2014.
(1) Will the
minister please table the written authority to deploy capture gear in the event
of a shark attack, which has been in place since 2009?
(2) If no to (1),
what is the minister's reason for not tabling it?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for
some notice of this question.
(1) I hereby
table two exemptions made under section 7(2) of the Fish Resources Management
Act 1994, dated 24 December 2009 and 20 November 2012 respectively, enabling
the deployment of shark capture gear.
(2) Not
applicable.
[See paper 2382.]

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