Maritime Boundaries (Turtle Excluder Device) Order 1994 (No. 23 of 1994)

GUYANA ORDER No. 23 of 1994. Made Under THE MARITIME BOUNDARIES ACT (Act No. 10 of 1977) IN EXERCISE OF THE POWERS CONFERRED UPON 'ME BY SEC· TION 24 OF THE MARITIME BOUNDARIES ACT, I HEREBY MAKE THE FOLLOWING ORDER: 1. This Order may be cited as the Maritime Boun- Citation. daries (Turtle Excluder Device) Order 1994. 2. In this Order (a) "fishing" and '"fisbing boat" have the same meanings as in the Act; (b) "trawl net.. means a net consisting of a cone shaped bOdy, closed by a bag or cod end and ex tended at the opening by the wings and which can be towed by one or two fishing boats and used for fishing; (c) "turtle excluder device" means any device that fits into the back end of a trawl net just . before the bag or cod end and permits orga nisms such as shrimps and certain sizes of fishes to pass into the bag or cod end, while blockiug larger organisms such as turtles from entering the bag or cod end, and simul taneously providing turtles but not shrimps and fishes with means of escape from the net. Intoerpre taUon, 230 'l7HE OFFICIALGAZE'M'E LF.I1AL SUPPLEMENT~ B 26TH APRlL,1994 RequIre· ments tor tbe pro tecUon of ft. tuttl4)ll; 3. {1} With 'effect from the commencement of this Order. the master, owner or charterer of a fishing boat referred to in section 24(2) of the Act shall not fish in the fishery zone'or territorial sea, using a trawl net for fishing unless he has installed on such net a turtle excluder device which he shall not remove while flshing and shall have at least one spare turtle excluder device on board his fishing boat. (2) Every such master, owner or charterer' shall re turn to the water any live sea turtle caught accidentally while fishing and apply, where necessary, the resuscitation pro cedure established by tile Iviinistry of Agriculture. Made this 25th day of April, 1994. lJ,eepu Daman Persaud J.P; M;P, Senior Minister of Agriculture.