Amendment to the Fisheries Regulations 1987

PART IV - FISHERIES MANAGEMENT 14. No person shall use any demersal trawl net for fishing in Seychelles waters. 15.( 1) The following shall be protected areas: (a) in the waters around Mahe the whole of the reef situated on the east coast of Mahe from North East Point and where such reefs extend less than one thousand meters from the high water mark such portion of the sea as is within one thousand meters of the high water mark; (b) in the waters around Praslin the whole ofthe reefs situated on the south east coast ofPraslin from an imaginary line drawn from "Roche Corbijeaux" to the nothernmost of North Cousin Island to Anse Marie Louise inclusive, and, where such reefs extend less than one thousand meters from the high water mark, such portion of the sea as is within one thousand metres from the high water mark; (c) in the waters around La Digue the whole of the reefsituated on the west coast ofLa Digue from the northern point of that island to its southermost point and, where such reefs extend less than one thousand metres from the high water mark such portion of the sea as is within one thousand metres of the high water mark. Demersal trawling. Protected Area . Regulation 15 (2) S.1. 5 of 1998 (Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations. 1998 by repealing the words "which is operated by being dragged across the sea bed". And substituting therefore the word "whatsoever" 16. No person shall place any net in any reefpass or channel in Obstruction of such a way as to obstruct the oassace of fish. passes . S.1. 5 of 1998 Restriction on net fishing (Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations, 1998 of mackerel 16A. No person shall engage in fishing for mackerel by using a net at any time before 5 a.m. or after 4.00 p.m. on any day. Net to be mounted with lead ropes S.1. 5 of 1998 (Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations. 1998 16B. All fishing nets shall be mounted with lead ropes so as to ... i ..imi ee darnase to coral. 1994 ED} FlSHERlES ACT [CAP 82 Mesh size of traps . Spear guns. Protection of homard. S.l. 94/1992 S.l. 36/1989 S.l. 70/1994 17. No person shall fish with or possess any easier or basket trap unless the meshes of the sides or surroundings parts of the trap (not including the entrance (lagel)) are of such dimensions as to allow a sphere of 40 rnillirnetres in diameter to pass through such meshes without touching the sides thereof 18.(1) No person shall use any spear gun for fishing or be in possession of the spear gun in circumstances which raise a reasonable inference that the spear gun has been used or is intended to be used for fishing in Seychelles. (2) No person shall sell or offer for sale any spear gun . 19.( 1) Subject to this regulation, a person shall not (a) fish for, catch or kill hornard in Seychelles waters, or (b) sell, purchase or be in possession of hornard which has been fished from or caught In Seychelles waters. (2) A person shall not (a) fish for, catch, kill, sell, purchase or be in possession of a hornard in the berried state, or (b) remove the eggs from any hornard in the berried state. (3) The prohibition contained in subsection (1) shall not apply (a) in the case of fishing for, catching, killing, selling or being in possession of hornard, to a person who holds a licence to fish for hornard issued under the licensing law; (b) in the case of selling, purchasing or being in possession of hornard by a person other than a person who holds a licence to fish for hornard, to a person who has purchased the hornard from a person so licensed. 10 1991 EDI FISHERIES ACT ICAP 82 22. Except as otherwise provided by the Act or these Regula tions, any protected aquatic organism that is caught unintention ally shall be returned to the sea forthwith and with the least possible injury. 23. No person shall remove, damage, distrub or remove any fish or other aquatic organism from, any net, trap, line, fish aggregating device or other fishing gear found in Seychelles waters, except for the purpose ofrestoring lost gear to its rightful owner. *24.( I) The limits of every aquaculture concession shall be marked with buoys so as to be readily discernable from both the shore and sea. (2) No person shall fish in an aquaculture concession marked as required by sub-regulation (I) except pursuant to the authorisation of the grantee of the concession. 25.( I) An application for a permit under these Regulations shall be made to the SF A in writing. (2) On making an application under sub-regulation (1), the applicant shall furnish to the SFA such particulars and informa tion as the SFA may require. (3) Any permit issued under these Regulations may be subject to such conditions, limitations and restrictions as may be specified in the permit. Unintentional catches. Interference with gear. Aquaculture concession. Application for permits. 26. A person who contravenes any of these Regulations is Offences. guilty of an offence and is liable, where no penalties is provided for the offence, to a fine ofR.IO,OOO. "Regulation 24 has since been amended hy Sl. S4 of 1993