Fisheries Amendment Regulations 2017 (BR No. 83 of 2017)

FA E R N AT F TQUO U BERMUDA FISHERIES AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2017 BR 83 / 2017 The Minister responsible for the environment, in exercise of the power conferred by section 13 of the Fisheries Act 1972, makes the following Regulations: Citation These Regulations, which amend the Fisheries Regulations 2010 (“the principal Regulations”), may be cited as the Fisheries Amendment Regulations 2017. Amends regulation 15 Regulation 15 of the principal Regulations is amended— in paragraph (4), by inserting after the words “Any person fishing from land who takes or” the words “the master or other person in charge of”; by revoking paragraph (5) and replacing it with the following— Any person, other than a registered fisherman, fishing from land who takes, or the master or other person in charge of any vessel, which is not a licensed fishing vessel, upon which are found, more than 10 red hinds (Epinephelus guttatus) shall be deemed to have taken the red hinds within a 24-hour period, unless the contrary is proved, and shall be deemed to have committed an offence. Any registered fisherman who takes, or the master or other person in charge of any licensed fishing vessel upon which are found— more than 50 red hinds (Epinephelus guttatus) during the period beginning on 1 April and continuing until 30 April; or more than 10 red hinds (Epinephelus guttatus) during the period beginning on 1 May and continuing until 31 August, “(5) (5A) (a) (b) 1 2 (a) (b) 1 FISHERIES AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2017 in any year shall be deemed to have taken the red hinds within a 24-hour period, unless the contrary is proved, and shall be deemed to have committed an offence.”; and in paragraph (6), by inserting after the words “fishing from land who takes or” the words “the master or other person in charge of”. Made this 15th day of August 2017 Minister of Home Affairs (c) 2