How would Fisheries Officers identify to whom customary fishing applies – and prevent people falsely claiming customary fishing as a right?
The draft report recommends the powers of Fisheries Officers be extended to require a person claiming customary fishing to provide, upon the request of a Fisheries Officer, information regarding contact details of an Aboriginal community organisation that can vouch for that person’s claim. Refusing to provide that information, or providing false information, would be an offence under fisheries legislation.
