Restricted Fishing Areas Order 1997 (G.S.I. No. 28 of 1997)

Jr-1 ROYAL COURT GUERNSEY STATUTORY INS 3 1 0CT 1997 The Restricted Fishin? Areas Order. 1997. Made ................................... 30th October ,1997 ............................ Laid before the States ,1997 ............................... Coming into operation on 1st November, 1997 THE STATES SEA FISHERIES COMMITTEE, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by sections 4 and 6 of the Fishing Ordinance, 1997(a), hereby orders: Restriction on trawlin?. I 1- (1) A person shall not use or cause or permit any other person to use a boat within any part of the controlled waters (a) during the period commencing on the 1 st April in each year and ending on the 30th day of September next following, both dates inclusive, for the purpose of fishing by any method of trawling whatsoever; or (b) at any time for the purpose of fishing by any means of dredging whatsoever. (2) A person shall not use or cause or permit any other person to use a boat canying a beam trawl or more than one beam trawls, the length or aggregate length of which, as the case may be, is greater than eight metres , within 7 territorial waters for the purpose of fishing for any species of fish. Use of net to catch crawfish prohibited. 2. (1) A person shall not use or cause or permit any other person to use in territorial waters any net for the purpose of fishing for crawfish. (a) Ordinance No. XXV of 1997 (2) Any crawfish caught in contravention of subsection (1) shall be returned to the sea forthwith. 3- (1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise provides "beam trawl" means a net which is constructed to take fish whilst being towed along the sea-bed by a boat, and which has its mouth extended by a beam, bar or other rigid device; and any other expression shall have the same meaning as in the 1997 Ordinance. (2) The Interpretation (Guernsey) Law, 1948(c) applies to the interpretation of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of an enactment. Citation. ,' 4. This Order may be cited as the Restricted Fishing Areas Order, 1997. Commencement. 5. This Order shall come into force on the 1st November, 1997. Datedthis 3 0 7 ~ day of O C T O ~ E ~ 1997 R J LE MOIGNAN President of the States Sea Fisheries Committee for and on behalf of the Committee (c) Ordres en Conseil Vol. XIII, p.355. States of Guernsey Sea Fisheries Committee 1. For the purposes of the Restricted Fishing Areas Order, 1997 "controlled waters" lie within areas (a) bounded respectively by the foreshore of the Island of Guernsey and (i) an imaginary line drawn from the most northern point of Fort Le Marchant in the Parish of the Vale to the most northern point of Fort Pembroke in the Parish of the Vale; (ii) an imaginary line drawn from No. 10 Martello Tower at Chouet in the Parish of the Vale to No. 11 Martello tower at Rousse in the Parish of the Vale; (iii an imaginary line drawn from the most western point of the fort at Grande Rocque in the Parish of the Castel to the most western point of Fort Hommet in the Parish of the Castel; (iv) an imaginary line drawn from the most western point of Fort Hommet in the Parish of the Caste1 to the most western point of Fort le Crocq headland in the Parish of Saint Saviour; (v) an imaginary line drawn from the most western point of Fort Saumarez in the Parish of Saint Pierre du Bois to the most western point of Pezeries point in the Parish of Torteval; (vi) an imaginary line drawn from the most southern point of Pointe de la Moye in the Parish of the Forest to the most southern point of Icart Point in the Parish of Saint Martin: (vii) an imaginary line drawn from the most southern point of Icart Point in the Parish of Saint Martin to the most southern point of Jerbourg Point in the Parish of Saint Martin; (viii) an imaginary line drawn from the most eastern point of Bec du Nez in the Parish of Saint Martin to the most eastern Point of Fermain Point in the Parish of Saint Peter Port; (ix) an imaginary line drawn from the most eastern point of Femain Point in the Parish of Saint Peter port to the most eastern point of Les Terres Point in the Parish of Saint Peter Port; (x) an imaginary line drawn from the most eastern point of Les Terres Point in the Parish of Saint Peter Port to the most eastern point of Castle Comet in the Parish of Saint Peter Port; (k) an imaginary line drawn from the most northern point of Salerie Battery in the Parish of Saint Peter Port to the most eastern point of the Longue Hougue reclamation site in the Parish of Saint Sampson. 2. This statement shall come into force on the 1st November, 1997. Dated this 3 Oday of OCWOrie, 1997 R J Le Moignan (signed) President, States Sea Fisheries Committee