Proclamation to declare the Trou d'Eau Douce Reserve as a marine protected area and to designate it as a fishing reserve (No. 27 of 2000)

TO DECLARE THE TROU D'EAU DOUCE FISHING RESERVE AS A MARINE PROTECTED AREA AND TO DESIGNATE IT AS A FISHING RESERVE Proclamation No. 27 of 2000 TO DECLARE THE TROU D'EAU DOUCE FISHING RESERVE AS 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) and 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 Trou d'Eau Douce Fishing Reserve of an extent of 574 ha stretches from Trou d'Eau Douce up to Pte. aux Feuilles at Quatre Soeurs and is bounded as follows – The limit starts from a point FRL1 behind the old Lime kiln at Trou d'Eau Douce and having coordinates 1 027 570mE, 995 420mN and runs along an imaginary line in a south easterly direction up to a point FRL2 on Ilot Lievres having coordinates 1 028 176mE, 994 245mN. From the last mentioned point the limit follows again an imaginary line in a south easterly direction up to a point FRL3 on Ilot Mangenie having coordinates 1 028 553mE, 993 563mN and from this point the limit follows the High Water Mark along the westerly coastline of Ilot Mangenie up to a point FRL4 having coordinates 1 028 753mE, 992 753mN. From the last mentioned point the limit follows again an imaginary line in a southerly direction up to a point FRL5 on Ile Aux Cerfs having coordinates 1 028 749mE, 992 708mN and from this point the limit follows the High Water Mark along the westerly coastline of Ile Aux Cerfs up to point FRLS having coordinates 1028 214mE, 990 913mN. From the last mentioned point the limit follows again an imaginary line in a south-south westerly direction up a point FRL7 being the eastern extremity of Ile Camisard and having coordinates 1 027940mE, 989 613mN and from this point the limit follows again an imaginary line in a south westerly direction up to a point FRL8 at Point St Lain and having coordinates 1 026 317mE, 988 271mN. From the last mentioned point the limit follows the High Water Mark along the coastline up to the point FRL 1. WHEREAS the Trou d'Eau Douce 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 Trou d'Eau Douce Fishing Reserve to be a Marine Protected Area and designate it as a Fishing Reserve to be known as Trou d'Eau Douce Fishing Reserve as from 1st July 2000. Given at State House, Le Reduit, this 20th day of June two thousand.