(1) Unless otherwise authorised, the owner, master or operator of a fishing vessel registered in the Republic and licensed to fish in the fishery waters shall not land, transship or discharge any fish outside the Republic, including the high seas.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than $10,000 and not more than $2 million in respect of a foreign fishing vessel or a local industrial or semi-industrial fishing vessel, or a fine not exceeding one thousand penalty units in the case of any other vessel, or three times the value of the catch, whichever is greater, and in addition the licence may be suspended or cancelled.

(3) A person who aids and abets another person in the contravention of subsection (1) shall be deemed to have contravened that subsection.