Proclamation to declare the Lafayette Fishing Reserve as a marine protected area and to designate it as a fishing reserve (No. 26 of 2000)

TO DECLARE THE POSTE LAFAYETTE FISHING RESERVEAS A MARINE PROTECTED AREA AND TO DESIGNATE IT AS A FISHING RESERVE Proclamation No. 26 of 2000 TO DECLARE THE POSTE LAFAYETTE FISHING RESERVEAS A MARINE PROTECTED AREA AND TO DESIGNATE IT AS A FISHING RESERVE CASSAM UTEEM President of the Republic CASSAM UTEEM –By Mr CASSAM UTEEM, Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean, President of the Republic of Mauritius. &C., &C., &C. WHEREAS by section 7(l) of the Fisheries and Marine Resources Act 1998, it is enacted to declare by Proclamation (a) an area of Mauritius waters including the seabed underlying such waters; (b) any land associated with Mauritius waters; or (c) any wetland, to be a Marine Protected Area. WHEREAS by section 7(2) of the Fisheries and Marine Resources Act 1998, it is enacted that a Marine Protected Area may be designated as (a) a Fishing Reserve; (b) a Marine Park; or (c) a Marine Reserve. WHEREAS the Poste Lafayette Fishing Reserve of the extent of 280 ha stretches from Pointe La Brise up to Pointe de Flacq and is bounded as follows The limit starts from a point PRL1 behind the Fisheries Post at Pointe La Brise having coordinates 1023 2OOmE, 1006 222mN and runs along an imaginary line in a southerly direction up to a point BMRL1 (1 023 450 mE, 1 005 360 mN) lying on the eastern extremity of Malno Islet. Thence, the limit runs again southerly up to point BMRL 2 (1023 470mE, 1004 250mN) at Pointe de Flacq. Thereafter, it follows the High Water mark along the mainland shore up to the starting point PRL 1. WHEREAS the Poste Lafayette Fishing Reserve fulfills the conditions specified in the said Act. NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the said Act, I do hereby proclaim and declare the Poste Lafayette Fishing Reserve to be a Marine Protected Area and designate it as a Fishing Reserve to be known as the Poste Lafayette Fishing Reserve as from 1st June 2000. Given at State House, Le Reduit, this 20th day of June two thousand.