Fisheries (Protected Areas) Amendment Order 2017 (B.R. No. 84 of 2017)
Made 2017-08-15 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Country
- Bermuda
- Subjects
- Fisheries and aquaculture
- Keywords
- marine fisheries, fishery management and conservation, protected fishing area, seasons
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FA E R N AT F TQUO U BERMUDA FISHERIES (PROTECTED AREAS) AMENDMENT ORDER 2017 BR 84 / 2017 The Minister responsible for the environment, in exercise of the power conferred by section 4 of the Fisheries Act 1972, makes the following Order: Citation This Order, which amends the Fisheries (Protected Areas) Order 2000 (“the principal Order”), may be cited as the Fisheries (Protected Areas) Amendment Order 2017. Amends paragraph 3 (Prohibited activities) Paragraph 3 of the principal Order is amended— in subparagraph (2) by deleting “1 May and ending on 31 August” and substituting “15 April and ending on 14 August”; by inserting after subparagraph (2) the following subparagraph— Without prejudice to paragraph (1), the taking of fish is prohibited during the period beginning on 15 April and ending on 30 November in any year in any of the following areas— “South Western Grouper Box” being square in shape, is the area enclosed: from the Northern Point (32 degrees 15.73 minutes North, 65 degrees 2.64 minutes West) by a line running in a easterly direction to the Eastern Point (32 degrees 15.73 minutes North, 65 degrees 1.74 minutes West) thence by a line running in a southerly direction to the Southern Point (32 degrees 14.88 minutes North, 65 degrees 1.74 minutes West) thence by a line running in a westerly direction to the Western Point (32 degrees 14.88 minutes North, 65 degrees 2.64 minutes West) thence by a line running in a northerly direction back to the Northern Point. “(3) (a) 1 2 (a) (b) 1 FISHERIES (PROTECTED AREAS) AMENDMENT ORDER 2017 “North Eastern Grouper Box” being square in shape, is the area enclosed: from the Northern Point (32 degrees 28.60 minutes North, 64 degrees 35.60 minutes West) by a line running in a easterly direction to the Eastern Point (32 degrees 28.60 minutes North, 64 degrees 34.70 minutes West) thence by a line running in a southerly direction to the Southern Point (32 degrees 27.75 minutes North, 64 degrees 34.70 minutes West) thence by a line running in a westerly direction to the Western Point (32 degrees 27.75 minutes North, 64 degrees 35.60 minutes West) thence by a line running in a northerly direction back to the Northern Point. ”. (b) Made this 15th day of August 2017 Minister of Home Affairs 2