Fishery (Amendment) Regulations, 2024

L.N. 76 of 2024

FISHERIES CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT

(CAP. 425)

Fishery (Amendment) Regulations, 2024

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 38 of the

Fisheries Conservation and Management Act, the Minister responsible

for fisheries and aquaculture has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Fishery (Amendment)

Regulations, 2024 and these regulations shall be read and construed as

one with the Fishery Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the

principal regulations".

Immediately after regulation 1 of the principal regulations

there shall be added the following new regulation

1A. In these regulations, unless the context

otherwise requires

"Act" means the Fisheries Conservation and

Management Act;

"Director" shall have the same meaning as

assigned to it in the Act.".

Immediately after regulation 49 of the principal regulations

there shall be added the following new regulation

49A. (1) The use of the fishing gear known as

imrejkba shall be subject to this regulation and the

following requirements

(a) the imrejkba is a fishing gear that may

only be used according to a valid licence issued by

the Director;

(b) an imrejkba licence may authorise

fishing with a maximum of forty (40) hooks in

those areas intended for the fishing of pelagic fish

and, or up to a maximum of eighty (80) hooks in

those areas intended for the fishing of demersal

fish;

(c) the imrejkba may only be lowered at sea

from the coast by a natural person on land and only

for fishing in those areas identified in the licence by

the Director;

(d) when the imrejkba is lowered at sea it

shall not occupy a space larger than two metres

square and this shall be the maximum dimension

for which a licence may be issued;

(e) an imrejkba lowered at sea shall not,

except in cases of force majeure, be or be left more

than two hundred and fifty metres away from the

coast;

(f) without prejudice to other laws, the

holder of a licence shall at all times be responsible

according to law for any damage caused to persons

or their things at sea, unless he proves that said

damage was caused without his fault; and

(g) the use of the imrejkba shall be subject

to the laws and notices on navigation and maritime

activities as issued by all the competent authorities.

(2) A licence for the use of the imrejkba may be

valid for the whole year or for such periods as the

Director may prescribe in the licence.

(3) The imrejkba may only be authorised for

recreational fishing and fish caught with it may only be

held for consumption by the family members of the

licence holder up to the second degree. In the eventuality

that it is not the case, the catch or excess thereof shall be

immediately released into the sea and any marketing of

fish caught by the imrejkba shall be prohibited at all

times.

(4) The licence holder for the use of the imrejkba

shall at all times be responsible for compliance with this

regulation and all applicable laws.

(5) An imrejkba licensed according to this

regulation shall at all times

(a) be of a triangular structure and made

from wooden or plastic pipes held together with

wooden or plastic bottles which lie on materials

that float on the surface of the sea;

(b) have a sail fixed to its centre acting as

its only method of propulsion at sea;

(c) have a bright coloured sail;

(d) have a flickering light at all times when

lowered at sea; and

(e) the sail shall be marked with the

registration number indicated on the licence in a

manner which is readable and recognisable.

(6) Every holder of a licence issued accordance

with this regulation shall hold a fishing logbook as may

be ordered by the Director and he shall record his

activities therein for each day, or part thereof, in which he

used the imrejkba for fishing in accordance with this

regulation.".

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