Purchase of first sale fish landed from a licensed fishing vessel11.
(1)
Any person who buys first sale fish which has been landed otherwise than by a licensed fishing vessel is guilty of an offence.
(2)
In any proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1), it is a defence for a person to show that-
(a)
the person did not know; and
(b)
it was reasonable for that person not to suspect,
that the fish had not been landed by a licensed fishing vessel.