Fishing Industry (Fishery Management Areas) Order, 2000 (No. 37b of 2000)

THE JAMAICA GAZETTE SUPPLEMENT PROCLAMATIONS, RULES AND REGULATIONS 136c Vol. CXXW THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2000 No. 298 =====--=-------- --=== No. 37B TIIE FISHING INDUSTRY ACT THE FISHING INDUSTRY (CONSERVATION OF CONCH (GENUS STROMBUS)) REGULATIONS. 2000 THE FISHING INDUSTRY (FISHERY MANAGEMENT AREAS) ORDER, 2000 In exercise of the power conferred upon the Minister by regulations 11 and 12 of the Fishing Industry (Conservation of Conch (Genus Strombus)), Regulations, and every other power hereunto enabling, the following Order is hereby made: 1. This Order may be cited as the Fishing Industry (Fishery Management Areas) Order, 2000. 2. In this Order ''artisanal fishermen" means Jamaican fishermen that operate or operate from a non-decked or partially decked vessel no greater than I 5.24 metres in overall length. 136D PROCLAMATIONS, RULES AND REGULATIONS [APRIL 20, 2000 3. Subject to paragraph 4, during the open season for conch commencing April l, 2000, fishing of conch genus strombus) shall be allowed in the following Fishery Management Areas (a) The Island Shelf of Jamaica; (b) Pedro Bank. 4. The following conditions shall apply in relation to fishing in the Fishery Management Area referred to in paragraph 3 (a) (a) fishing shall only be carried out by authorized small scale artisanal fishermen; (b) no motor fishery vessels or other vessels motorized or non-motorized operating from or in conjunction with or on behalf of any motor fishing vessel shall be used. 5. During the open season for conch, no fishing shall be allowed in the follow ing Fishery Management Areas (a) Morant Bank; (b) Formigas Bank; (c) Henry Holmes Bank; (d) Albatros Bank; and (e) Grappler Bank. Dated this 3rd day of April, 2000. ROGER CLARKE, Minister of Agriculture. l'l>INTED BY JAMAICA PRINTINC. SERVICES 119921 LTD .. ••OVERNMENT l'RINTERII, DUKE ST., KC.N., JAMAICA,