Fisheries (Protection of Lobster) Regulations

THE FISHERIES (PROTECTION OF LOBSTER) REGULATIONS Arrangement of Regulations Regulation 1. Citation. 2. Interpretation. 3. Prohibition on the landing etc. of berried lobster. 4. Prohibition on the landing etc. of undersize lobsters. 5. Penalties. S.R.O. 3/1978. FISHERIES (PROTECTION OF LOBSTER) REGULATIONS, DATED THE 8th DAY OF FEBRUARY 1978 AND MADE UNDER SECTION 6 OF THE FISHERIES ORDIANCE (CAP. 98) (REPEALED) AND PRESERVED BY SECTION 32(3)(a) OF THE INTERPRETATION ACT. 1. CITATION. These Regulations may be cited as the Fisheries (Protection of Lobster) Regulations. 2. INTERPRETATION. In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires "berried lobster" means a female lobster carrying eggs or spawn under the abdomen or tail; and "mutilated lobster" means a female lobster from which all the swim ming legs (pleopods) situated under the abdomen or tail, have been removed. 3. PROHIBITION ON THE LANDING, ETC. OF BERRIED LOBSTER. No person shall land, sell offer for sale, or otherwise dispose of or buy, offer to buy or otherwise acquire any berried lobster or mutilated lobster. 4. PORHIBITION ON THE LANDING, ETC. OF UNDERSIZE LOBSTERS. No person shall land, sell, offer for sale, or otherwise dispose of or buy, offer to buy or otherwise acquire, any lobster which (a) if of a total length ofless than ten inches; or (b) is of a length of less than three and one-half inches measured from between the base of the ocular horns to the rear margin of the carapace or cape. 5. PENALTIES. Any person who contravenes the provisions of regulation 3 and 4 hereof shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than two hundred dollars and not exceeding one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months. S.RO. 4/1978. THE FISHERIES (RESTRICTION ON METHODS OF FRESH WATER FISHING) REGULATIONS DATED THE 8 TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1978 MADE UNDER SECTION 6 OF THE PRESERVED BY SECTION 32(3)(a) OF THE INTERPRETATION ACT. 1. CITATION. These regulations may be cited as the Fisheries (Restriction on Methods of Fresh-Water Fishing) Regulations. 2. PLACES WHERE FISHING BY ROD AND LINE ONLY MAY TAKE PLACE. Any person who takes or attempts to take fish from those areas within Antigua and Barbuda known as Potworks Dam, Oliver's Dam, Bethesda Dam and Collins Dam by any method other than by rod and line shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not less than two hundred dollars and not exceeding four hundred dollars: