Marine Conservation (Grouper Spawning Areas) Notice, 2011

CAYMAN ISLANDS Supplement No. 4 published with Extraordinary Gazette No. 106 dated 7 December, 2011. THE MARINE CONSERVATION LAW (2007 REVISION) THE MARINE CONSERVATION (GROUPER SPAWNING AREAS) NOTICE, 2011 The Marine Conservation (Grouper Spawning Areas) Notice, 2011 2 The Marine Conservation (Grouper Spawning Areas) Notice, 2011 3 CAYMAN ISLANDS THE MARINE CONSERVATION LAW (2007 REVISION) THE MARINE CONSERVATION (GROUPER SPAWNING AREAS) NOTICE, 2011 In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3 and 6(8) of the Marine Conservation Law (2007 Revision), the Marine Conservation Board gives notice that it has issued the following directives 1. This Notice may be cited as the Marine Conservation (Grouper Spawning Areas) Notice, 2011. 2. (1) The operation of section 6(7) of the Law is suspended in each designated grouper spawning area for a period of eight years from the date of commencement of this Notice. (2) During the months of November through March in the eight year period beginning on the date of commencement of this Notice, any person who, by any means, takes from a designated grouper spawning area or receives or has in his possession any Nassau grouper which has been taken from such an area contravenes the Law; and, in the months during which a person is permitted to take Nassau groupers from a designated grouper spawning area, any person who, in any one day, causes or permits to be loaded onto any vessel in Cayman waters more than twelve groupers contravenes the Law. (3) In this paragraph, “designated grouper spawning area” means an area specified in the First Schedule to the Restricted Marine Areas (Designation) Regulations (2003 Revision). Issued by the Marine Conservation Board the 11 th day of November, 2011. Don Foster Chairman. Citation Suspension of section 6(7) of the Marine Conservation Law (2007 Revision) - closed seasons and bans lobsters, conch and Nassau groupers (2003 Revision)