Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 135 of 2024)
Made 2024-10-16 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Country
- Belize
- Subjects
- Fisheries and aquaculture
- Keywords
- cartilaginous fishes, coral, fishery management and conservation, fishing gear/fishing method, marine fisheries, marine protected areas, protection of species, aquatic animals, biodiversity
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BELIZE: FISHERIES (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2024 ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS 1. Citation. 2. Repeal and replacement of regulation 26:08. Fisheries No. 135] Fisheries 1 Citation. Sub Leg, 2020 Edn. CAP. 210 p.50. S.I. 57 of 2021. S.I. 105 of 2022. S.I. 106 of 2022. BELIZE: STATUTORY INSTRUMENT No. 135 of 2024 REGULATIONS made by the Minister responsible for fisheries in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 87 of the Fisheries Resources Act, Chapter 210 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2020, and all other powers thereunto him enabling. (Gazetted 17th October, 2024). 1. These Regulations may be cited as the FISHERIES (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2024, and shall be read and construed as one with the Fisheries Regulations, which, as amended, are hereinafter referred to as the principal Regulations. 2. Regulation 26:08 of the principal Regulations is repealed and replaced with the following– Repeal and replacement of regulation 26:08. “Restriction on fishing within Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve, Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve and Lighthouse Reef Atoll Marine Reserve. 26:08–(1) No person shall, within the Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve, Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve or the Lighthouse Reef Atoll Marine Reserve– (a) fish using hooks greater than 12/0; (b) fish using any unanchored or drifting longline; or (c) fish for sharks (all species in the Superorder Selachimorpha). 2 Fisheries [No. 135 (HON. ABNER PEREZ) Minister of the Blue Economy and Disaster Risk Management (Minister responsible for fisheries) Printed in Belize by the Government Printer #1 Power Lane, Belmopan, Belize, C.A. (2) Any person who lands a shark while fishing in the Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve, Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve or Lighthouse Reef Atoll Marine Reserve shall immediately release the shark in the same state it was landed. (3) For the purposes of this regulation– “Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve” means the area specified in Schedule I of the Fisheries Resources (Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve) Order, 2024; “Lighthouse Reef Atoll Marine Reserve” means the area specified in Schedule I of the Fisheries Resources (Lighthouse Reef Atoll Marine Reserve) Order, 2024, but excludes General Use Zone II; and “Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve” means the area specified in Schedule I of the Fisheries (Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve) (Amendment) Order, 2022. Schedule I. S.I. 133 of 2024. Schedule I. S.I.134 of 2024. Schedule I. S.I. 71 of 2022. MADE by the Minister responsible for fisheries this 16th day of October, 2024.