Regulation on the closed season for age classes of fish and other marine organisms

Pursuant to the Article 18 of the Law on Marine Fisheries and Mariculture ("Official Gazette of Montenegro", No. 56/09), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development adopted the following ORDER ON THE CLOSED SEASON FOR AGE CLASSES OF FISH AND OTHER MARINE ORGANISMS 1. In the fishing sea of Montenegro, it is forbidden to catch the following age classes of fish and marine organisms: Corals Family Latin name Coralliidae Corallium rubrum (Linnaeus, 1765) Cartilaginous fishes Family Latin name Cetorhinidae Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765) Lamnidae Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) Myliobatidae Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788) Odontaspididae Carcharias taurus (Rafinesque, 1810) Rajidae Dipturus batis (Linnaeus, 1758) Triakidae Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) Gymnuridae Gymnura altavela (Linnaeus, 1758) Lamnidae Isurus oxyrinchus (Rafinesque, 1810) Lamnidae Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788) Rajidae Leucoraja circularis (Couch, 1838) Rajidae Leucoraja melitensis (Clark, 1926) Odontaspididae Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810) Oxynotidae Oxynotus centrina (Linnaeus, 1758) Pristidae Pristis pectinata (Latham, 1794) Pristidae Pristis pristis (Linnaeus, 1758) Rhinobatidae Rhinobatos cemiculus (E.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,1817) Rhinobatidae Rhinobatos rhinobatos (Linnaeus, 1758) Rajidae Rostroraja alba (Lacépède, 1803) Sphyrnidae Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834) Sphyrnidae Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell, 1837) Sphyrnidae Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758) Squatinidae Squatina aculeata (Dumeril, in Cuvier, 1817) Squatinidae Squatina oculata (Bonaparte, 1840) Squatinidae Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758) Lampreys and bony fishes Family Latin name Acipenseridae Acipenser naccarii (Bonaparte, 1830) Acipenseridae Acipenser sturio (Linnaeus, 1758) Acipenseridae Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758) Syngnathidae Hippocampus guttulatus (Cuvier, 1829) (synon. Hippocampus ramulosus) Syngnathidae Hyppocampus hyppocampus (Linnaeus, 1758) Molidae Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758) Gobiidae Pomatoschistus tortonesei (Miller, 1969) Gobiidae Pomatoschistus canestrini (Ninni, 1883) Cyprinodontidae Aphanius fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1821) Cyprinodontidae Aphanius iberus (Valenciennes, 1846) Valenciidae Valencia hispanica (Valenciennes, 1846) Valenciidae Valencia letourneuxi (Sauvage, 1880) Petromyzontidae Lethenteron zanandreai (Vladykov, 1955) Sea turtles Family Latin name Cheloniidae Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) Cheloniidae Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) Cheloniidae Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) Cheloniidae Lepidochelys kempii (Garman, 1880) Trionychidae Trionyx triunguis (Forskål, 1775) Dermochelydae Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) Birds Family Latin name Procellariidae Calonectris diomedea (Scopoli, 1769) Cerylidae Ceryle rudis (Linnaeus, 1758) Charadriidae Charadrius alexandrines (Linnaeus, 1758) Charadriidae Charadrius leschenaultii columbinus (Lesson, 1826) Falconidae Falco eleonorae (Géné, 1834) Hydrobatidae Hydrobates pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) Laridae Larus audouinii (Payraudeau, 1826) Laridae Larus genei (Breme, 1839) Laridae Larus melanocephalus (Temminck, 1820) Laridae Larus armenicus (Buturlin, 1934) Pandionidae Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) Pelecanidae Pelecanus onocrotalus (Linnaeus, 1758) Pelecanidae Pelecanus crispus (Bruch, 1832) Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocorax aristotelis (Linnaeus, 1761) Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocorax pygmeus (Pallas, 1773) Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) Procellariidae Calonectris diomedea (Scopoli, 1769) Procellariidae Puffinus yelkouan (Brünnich, 1764) Procellariidae Puffinus puffinus (Brünnich, 1764) Procellariidae Puffinus mauretanicus (Lowe, PR, 1921) Sternidae Sterna albifrons (Pallas, 1764) Sternidae Sterna caspia (Pallas, 1770) Sternidae Sterna nilotica (Gmelin, JF, 1789) Sternidae Sterna sandvicensis (Latham, 1878) Sternidae Sterna bengalensis (Lesson, 1831) Sternidae Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789) Sternidae Sterna hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) Sternidae Chlidonias hybrid (Pallas, 1811) Gaviidae Gavia stellate (Pontoppidan, 1763) Gaviidae Gavia arctica (Linnaeus, 1758) Gaviidae Gavia immer (Brunnich, 1764) Gaviidae Gavia adamsii (Gray, 1859) Phoenicopteridae Phoenicopterus roseus (Pallas, 1811) Phoenicopteridae Phoenicopterus ruber (Linnaeus, 1758) Scolopacidae Numenius tenuirostris (Vieillot, 1817) Halcyonidae Halcyon smyrnensis (Linnaeus, 1758) Mammals Family Latin name Delphinidae Delphinus delphis (Linnaeus, 1758) Delphinidae Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833) Delphinidae Stenella frontalis (Cuvier, 1829) Delphinidae Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) Delphinidae Grampus griseus (Cuvier, 1812) Delphinidae Globicephala melas (Trail, 1809) Delphinidae Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846) Delphinidae Steno bredanensis (Cuvier in Lesson, 1828) Delphinidae Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolus Linnaeus Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) Balaenopteridae Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Lacépède, 1804) Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera borealis (Lesson, 1828) Balaenidae Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776) Phocidae Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) Kogiidae Kogia simus (Owen, 1866) Ziphiidae Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817) Ziphiidae Ziphius cavirostris (Cuvier G., 1832) Phocoenidae Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) Physeteridae Physeter macrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) 2. Fish and marine organisms from item 1 of this Order, which are accidentally caught in fishing nets and other fishing gear, must be returned alive and uninjured, and in the case of catch of dead fish and marine organisms, they need to be landed, in order to examine the cause of death. 3. Accidental catch of fish and marine organisms from item 1 of this Order, must be recorded in the logbook. 4. This Order shall enter into force on the eighth day from the day of its publishing in the "Official Gazette of Montenegro". Number: MINISTER, Podgorica, May 2015. Prof. dr Petar Ivanović