Table 12.

Fish statutes and the corresponding animal protection provisions per each Australian state and territory excluding QLD and WA, as there is no animal protection awarded in those statutes. Offences have been paraphrased for brevity.

Jurisdiction	Statute	Animal Protection
ACT	Fisheries Act 2000 [186]	Section 88A(1)(a) [187]—offence to disturb spawning fish in public waters.
NSW	Fisheries Management Act 1994 [188]	Section 207(2) [189]—offence to disturb spawning fish.
NT	Fisheries Act 1988 [190]	Section 11(4) [191]—offence to intentionally use shock systems that detrimentally affects fish life.
SA	Fisheries Management Act 2007 [192]	Section 71(1)(b) and (2)(a) [193]—offence to injure (1)(b) or harass (2)(a) protected aquatic mammals or fish.
TAS	Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 [194]	Section 255(1)(c) [195]—offence to use shock systems that are likely to injure or detrimentally affect fish life.
VIC	Fisheries Act 1995 [196]	Section 71(1) [197]—offence to injure protected aquatic biota without permit.