Inland Fisheries (Controlled Fish) Order 2007
I make the following order under section 149 of the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 .
28 November 2007D. E. LLEWELLYN
Minister for Primary Industries and Water
This order may be cited as the Inland Fisheries (Controlled Fish) Order 2007 .
This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.
(1) In this order –Act means the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 .(2) An expression in this order that is defined in the Act has the same meaning as so defined.
The following fish are declared to be controlled fish to which Division 1 of Part 8 of the Act applies:(a) the fish specified in Schedule 1 to this order;(b) any dead fish of a kind specified in that Schedule;(c) the spawn, fry or young of any fish specified in that Schedule.
The legislation specified in Schedule 2 is revoked.
SCHEDULE 1 - Controlled fish
Column 1 Family | Column 2 Specific name | Column 3 Common name | 1. Acestrorhynchidae | Acestrorhynchus microlepis | Smallscale characin | 2. Alestiidae | Hydrocynus spp. | Pike characin | 3. Alestiidae | Hydrocynus spp. | Giant tigerfish | 4. Amiidae | Amia calva | Bowfin | 5. Anabantidae | Anabas testudineus | Climbing perch | 6. Bagridae | Anaspidoglanis macrostoma | Flatnose catfish | 7. Bagridae | Bagrus ubangensis | Ubangi shovelnose catfish | 8. Cambaridae | Procambarus clarkii | Red swamp crayfish | 9. Centrarchidae (entire family) | Lepomis spp. and Micropterus spp. | Sunfish, basses and bluegills | 10. Centropomidae | Centropomus spp. (12) | Snooks | 11. Centropomidae | Lates microlepis | Forktail lates | 12. Centropomidae | Lates niloticus | Nile perch | 13. Chacidae | Chaca chaca | Angler catfish, frogmouth catfish and squareheaded catfish | 14. Channidae | Channa spp. | Snake head | 15. Characidae | Colossoma spp. | Tambaqui | 16. Characidae | Serrasalmus spp. | Redeye piranha | 17. Characidae | Pygocentrus spp. | Red piranha | 18. Cichlidae | Boulengerochromis microlepis | Giant cichlid and yellow belly cichlid | 19. Cichlidae | Oreochromis spp. | Tilapia | 20. Cichlidae | Hemichromis fasciatus | Banded jewelfish | 21. Cichlidae | Sargochromis spp. | Happys | 22. Cichlidae | Sarotherodon spp. | Tilapias | 23. Cichlidae | Melanotheron melanotheron | Blackchin tilapia | 24. Cichlidae | Serranochromis spp. | Largemouths and happys | 25. Cichlidae | Tilapia spp. (all except T. buttikoferi) | Redbelly tilapia | 26. Citharinidae | Ichthyborinae (entire subfamily) | African pike-characin, tubenose poacher and fin eater | 27. Clariidae | Clarias spp. | Walking catfish | 28. Cobitidae | Misgurnus anguillicaudatus | Weatherloach | 29. Cyprinidae | Aristichthys nobilis | Bighead carp | 30. Cyprinidae | Barbodes hexagonolepis | Copper mahseer | 31. Cyprinidae | Catla catla | Catla | 32. Cyprinidae | Catlocarpio siamensis | Giant barb | 33. Cyprinidae | Cirrhinus cirrhosus | Mrigal | 34. Cyprinidae | Ctenopharyngodon idella | Grass carp | 35. Cyprinidae | Cyprinus carpio | European carp | 36. Cyprinidae | Labeo calabasu and L. rohita | Rohu and orange fin labeo | 37. Cyprinidae | Zacco platypus | Freshwater minnow | 38. Cyprinidae | Hypophthalmichthys molitrix | Silver carp | 39. Cyprinidae | Tor spp. (17) | Mahseers and river carp | 40. Cyprinidae | Notropis spp. | Shiners | 41. Cyprinidae | Phoxinus erythrogaster | Southern redbelly dace | 42. Doradidae | Oxydoras spp. (4) | Ripsaw catfish, black doras and black shielded catfish | 43. Elassomatidae | Elassoma spp. | Pygmy sunfish | 44. Eleotridae | Oxyeleotris marmorata | Marble goby | 45. Erythrinidae | Erythrinus spp. | Trahiras | 46. Erythrinidae | Hoplerythrinus spp. | Aimara | 47. Erythrinidae | Hoplias spp. | Trahira | 48. Esocidae | Esox spp. | Pikes | 49. Gasterosteidae | Pungitius pungitius | Ninespine stickleback | 50. Gasterosteidae | Apeltes quadracus | Four-spined stickleback | 51. Gasterosteidae | Culaea inconstans | Brook stickleback | 52. Gobiidae | Acanthogobius flavimanus | Yellow fin goby | 53. Gobiidae | Tridentiger trigonocephalus | Chameleon goby and striped goby | 54. Gymnarchidae | Gymnarchus niloticus | Aba aba | 55. Gymnotidae | Electrophorus electricus | Electric eel | 56. Hepsetidae | Hepsetus odoe | African pike | 57. Heteropneustidae | Heteropneustes fossilis | Stinging catfish | 58. Lepisosteidae | Atractosteus spp. (3) | American gar, Cuban gar, armoured gar, tropical gar and alligator gar | 59. Malapteruridae | Malapterurus spp. | Electric catfish | 60. Mormyridae | Mormyrops anguilloides | Cornish jack and bottlenose | 61. Parastacidae | Cherax spp. | Freshwater crayfish or yabby of the genus Cherax | 62. Poeciliidae | Belonesox belizanus | Pike minnow and pike killifish | 63. Poeciliidae | Gambusia holbrooki | Eastern gambusia | 64. Poeciliidae | Gambusia spp. | Mosquito fish | 65. Polyodontidae | Polyodon spathula | Mississippi paddlefish | 66. Polyodontidae | Psephurus gladius | Chinese swordfish | 67. Protopteridae | Protopterus annectens | African lungfish | 68. Schilbeidae | Schilbe mystus | African butter catfish | 69. Siluridae | Silurus spp. | European catfish and wels catfish | 70. Trichomycteridae | Paravandelia oxyptera | Parasitic catfish | 71. Valenciidae | Valencia hispanica | Valencia toothcarp |
SCHEDULE 2 - Legislation revoked
Inland Fisheries (Controlled Fish) Order 1996 (No. 68 of 1996) |
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 26 December 2007
This order is administered in the Department of Primary Industries and Water.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the order)
This order –(a) declares certain fish to be controlled fish to which Division 1 of Part 8 of the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 applies; and(b) revokes the Inland Fisheries (Controlled Fish) Order 1996 .