Laws Regarding Purchased Fish Vs Caught Fish

[The Mad Hughesy]

After stocking my freezer last night with purchased bait, it got me thinking about size and possession limits on purchased fish

For example, if im caught with an undersized crab that ive caught myself...I will be fined.

But if I purchase an undersized crab from Woolies...and get pulled over on the way home by fisheries (never going to happen, but for the argument lets say so) and the crab had no packaging...what would happen?

same goes for transporting tilapia that I catch compared to buying a whole tilapia that I buy from a local fish co-op...

And the same question can be asked about size and take limits...if I go and buy over 10L of prawns by myself and get pulled over on the way home...would I be pinged for it?

[tugger]

Keep the receipt

[aussie123]

If you buy seafood you should keep the receipts and you are covered but if you throw the receipts away, you are open for procecution

[The Mad Hughesy]

True for the receipts, but the question remains... is it a different set of laws for purchased fish?

[aussie123]

 

Seafood imported from another state or country does not have to comply with min size limits where it is sold, only where it was caught.