Recreational fishing - meaning and illustration

A person is carrying out recreational fishing if the person takes or possesses fish other than as follows—

• (a)the person takes or possesses the fish—

• (i)for trade or commerce; or
• (ii)in the exercise or enjoyment of native title rights and interests in relation to land or waters under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cwlth);

• (b)the person is an Aboriginal person and takes or possesses the fish under Aboriginal tradition;
• (c)the person is a Torres Strait Islander person and takes or possesses the fish under Ailan Kastom.

✏️ Source -- Queensland Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019, Chapter 1, Part 2, Section 6 ( Queensland Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019 )

recreational fishing means fishing solely for pleasure or fishing to catch fish solely for personal use; (pêche ré- créative)

✏️ Source -- Canada Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations, Section 2 ( Canada Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations )

"recreational fishing" means fishing done for leisure and not for the purpose of subsistence, barter or sale of fish;

✏️ Source -- Ghana Fisheries Act, 2002, Part VI, Section 140 ( Ghana Fisheries Act, 2002 )

“recreational fishing” means non-commercial fishing by an individual for leisure or relaxation;

✏️ Source -- Kenya Fisheries Management and Development Act, 2016, Part I, Section 2 ( Kenya Fisheries Management and Development Act, 2016 )

“recreational fishing” means any fishing activity for recreation or pleasure which does not result or intend or appear to result, directly or indirectly in the trading or selling of fish or fish products taken during the fishing activity;

✏️ Source -- SEYCHELLES FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE ACT, 2025, Part 1, Section 2, Sub-section 1 ( SEYCHELLES FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE ACT, 2025 )

‘‘recreational fishing’’ means, any fishing done for leisure or sport and not for sale, barter, earnings or gain;

✏️ Source -- South Africa Marine Living Resources Act, 1998, Section 1, Paragraph xlvii ( South Africa Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 )