Under the Fisheries Management Act 1994, NSW Fisheries has a range of other powers and responsibilities with relevance for marine invertebrate conservation, particularly with relation to habitat protection; these include the preparation of Habitat Protection Plans, declaration of aquatic reserves, control of dredging and reclamation, protection of mangroves and certain other marine vegetation, control of noxious ‘fish’ and the release or importation of ‘fish’, etc.



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