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Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 (Act No. 18 of 1998)

Regulations

Regulations in terms of the Marine Living Resources Act, 1998

Chapter 5 : Species Restrictions

Part 11 : Other Species

59. Sea horse, pipe fish and coelacanth

 

(1) No person shall engage in fishing, collecting or disturbing any sea horse or pipe fish of the family Syngnathidae

 

(2) No person shall, except on the authority of a permit—
(a) engage in fishing, collecting, attracting using bait or any other means, disturbing, killing, attempting to kill, keeping or controlling of, or be in possession of, any coelacanth belonging to the Order Coelacanthiformes; or
(b) purchase or sell any coelacanth or any part or product thereof.

 

[Regulation 59 substituted by regulation 3 in Notice No. R. 1428 dated 29 December 2000]