Fisheries (Soufriere/Scotts Head Fisheries Management Area) Notice 1998 (S.R.O. 18 of 1998)

1998 FISHERIES S.R.O. 18 (SOUFRIERE/SCOTTS HEAD FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AREA) COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS No. 18 OF 1998 NOTICE MADE by the Ministerunder section 18(1)(a) of the Fisheries Act (Chap. 61 :60). (Gazetted 18th June, 1998.) 1. This Notice may be cited as the FISHERIES (SOUFRIERE/SCOTIS HEAD FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AREA) NOTICE 1998. Short title. 2. The area of land described in the Schedule to this Notice is Designation oflocal hereby designated as the Soufriere/Scotts Head Fisheries Manage- :~'!%.Manage ment Area for the purposes of the Fisheries Act. Schedule. Ch, 61:60. SCHEDULE SOUFRIERE/SCOTIS HEAD FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AREA Description of the boundaries of the area of land designated by the Minister as the Soufriere/Scotts Head Fisheries Management Area in the Parish of St. Mark. All that marine space and substratum and the immediate coastal fringe contained in the Soufriere and Scotts Head Bay extending to Anse Bateau within the area delineated by the following: (Section 2). 1998 FISHERIES S.R.0.18 (SOUFRIERE/SCOTTS HEAD FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AREA) SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST Fromapoint(A) 1512.5'N.6121.57'W. Iocated due south of the village of Scotts Head 300m from a permanent mooring buoy in the sea in the Atlantic side of the island, the southern-most boundary runs in a straight line for about 400m to another point (H) on the shore perpendicular to point (A). From point (A) the boundary runs westward to another point (B) located at 15 12.67'N, 61 21.57'W, 300m from the base of the back of the tip of Scotts Head. From the point (B) the boundary runs northwards to another point (C) located 15 12.95'N, 6122.74'W, at sea perpen dicularto and due west of the beacon light on the tip of Scotts Head. From point (C) the boundary runs in a straight line northwards to another point (D) located at 1513.91 'N,6122.53'W,aboutthemiddleofthe Scotts Head Bay, and perpendicular to a point (J) south of the last concrete building on the main road of the Soufriere Village. The boundary continues to run in a straight line northwards to another seaward point (E) located at I 5 l 4.74'N, 61 22.56'W, at Anse Bateau which forms the northern-most extremity of the fisheries man agement area. From point (E) the northern boundary runs in a straight line to a landward point (F) located at 15 14.76'N, 61 22.47'W, at the base of the seaward cliff. By the Soufriere/Scotts Head Main Road begin ning from Anse Bateau and the boundary runs along the top of the ridge that borders the sea ward cliff all the way to the village of Soufriere toapoint(G)locatedatl513.94'N,6121.?0'W, at the northern corner of the Old Police Station 1,,11 I' ll>lll.Kll'.1' :>.K.U. 111 (SOUFRIERE/SCOTTS HEAD FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AREA) and the Soufriere/Scotts Head Main Road. The eastern boundary continues to run southward from point (G) along the Soufriere/Scotts Head Main Road to point (K) located at 15 12.63'N, 6122.46'W, on the shoreline of the Scotts Head peninsular south of the Scouts Arena. From the point (K) the boundary continues to run along the seaward ridge to point (H) in the South. Made this 9th day of June, 1998. PETER CARBON Minister Agriculture and the Environment DOMINICA Printed by the Government Printer at the Gqvemrnent Printery, Roseau. (Price 60 cents) ,,