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Conservation Act 1987

Management planning

17L: Sports fish and game management plans

You could also call this:

"Plans to protect and manage fish and game for future generations"

The purpose of a sports fish and game management plan is to set goals for managing sports fish and game in a region. You need to know that each Fish and Game Council must create these plans for their area. The plans must be approved by the Minister.

When making a sports fish and game management plan, the Fish and Game Council must think about how to keep sports fish and game sustainable in that area. They also need to consider how their plan will affect other natural resources and the people who use them. The plan should include ways to give hunters and anglers the best chance to enjoy their hobbies.

The sports fish and game management plan cannot override any laws or policies already in place, including those related to conservation management strategies or freshwater fisheries management plans. The plan is an important tool for managing sports fish and game, and it is used by the Fish and Game Council to make decisions about how to protect these resources.

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Part 3AManagement planning

17LSports fish and game management plans

  1. The purpose of a sports fish and game management plan is to establish objectives for the management of sports fish and game, or both, within any region or part of any region.

  2. Each Fish and Game Council shall prepare for approval by the Minister such sports fish and game management plans as are necessary for the management of sports fish and game within its area of jurisdiction.

  3. Nothing in any sports fish and game management plan shall derogate from—

  4. any provision in this Act or any other Act; or
    1. any policy approved under this Act or any other Act in respect of the area to which the plan relates, or any part of that area; or
      1. any provision in any conservation management strategy or conservation management plan or freshwater fisheries management plan.

        1. When preparing a draft sports fish and game management plan, the Fish and Game Council shall—

        2. have regard to the sustainability of sports fish and game in the area to which the plan relates; and
          1. have regard to the impact that the management proposed in the draft is likely to have on other natural resources and other users of the habitat concerned; and
            1. include such provisions as may be necessary to maximise recreational opportunities for hunters and anglers.

              Notes
              • Section 17L: inserted, on , by section 13(1) of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).