| (1) |
No person may fish, or attempt to fish, in a Restricted Zone of the Marine Protected Area. |
| (2) |
Fishing gear onboard a vessel or in possession of any person that enters or is present in a Restricted Zone must be stowed in accordance with subregulation (4). |
| (3) |
No fishing gear including lines, hooks, lures, nets, trawl doors, warps, spearguns, buoys, traps or any other gear or equipment used for fishing, may be deployed overboard from any vessel within a Restricted Zone of the Marine Protected Area. |
| (4) |
Fishing gear must be stowed in the following manner: |
| (a) |
In the case of line fishing— |
| (i) |
from a vessel, all hooks, lures, sinkers and weights are disconnected from the line, all the line is reeled onto the reel or rolled up, and that rolled up line, hooks, lures, bait and weights on the vessel are packed away in a cabin, locker, hatch, wheel house or console of the vessel, or where that is not possible, place such gear on the deck of the vessel; |
| (ii) |
from the shore, all hooks, lures, and weights are disconnected from the line, all the line is reeled onto the reel or rolled up, and that rolled up line, hooks, lures, bait, weights and any spear gun or spearfishing equipment are placed away in a bag or container; |
| (b) |
in the case of purse-seine fishing, no gear may be in the water; |
| (c) |
in the case of trawl fishing, all nets, trawl boards and weights shall be stowed below deck or securely lashed to some part of the superstructure of the fishing vessel; |
| (d) |
in the case of rock lobster fishing, all traps, nets and ropes shall be on board and tied down; and all dinghies shall be on board and lashed to the fishing vessel; |
| (e) |
in the case of fishing with traps, other than rock lobster traps, all traps shall be on board and tied down; |
| (f) |
in the case of any other nets including gillnets, cast nets and throw nets, nets shall be on board and packed away in a console, locker or any other suitable container; |
| (g) |
in the case of pole fishing, all poles will be secured above deck; |
| (h) |
in the case of longline fishing, no branchline may be attached to the mainline and the entire mainline shall remain on the spool; and |
| (i) |
in respect of all types of fishing where bait is used, such bait must remain packed away or placed into a bait well, where available. |
| (5) |
No person shall be in possession of a speargun in the BIORZ and SIRZ. |
| (6) |
Subject to subregulation (8), no person shall engage in diving, in the BIORZ and SIRZ. |
| (7) |
Subject to subregulation (8), no person shall be in possession of or have on board any vessel, prohibited gear in the BIORZ and SIRZ. |
| (8) |
Any person who undertakes— |
| (a) |
scientific research and monitoring; |
| (b) |
white shark-cage diving; |
| (d) |
maintenance of legal underwater infrastructure; |
| (e) |
underwater photography; or |
| (f) |
any other activity authorized in terms of legislation, |
must apply to the management authority for a permit to engage in diving or be in possession of prohibited gear in the BIORZ and SIRZ.
| (9) |
No person shall operate a vessel above a no-wake speed inside the SERZ. |
| (10) |
No person shall water-ski inside the SERZ. |
| (11) |
No person or vessel shall enter, attempt to enter or be present in the SIRZ, without a permit from the management authority, which permit may be issued subject to conditions. |
| (12) |
No person shall, allow any dog, cat or any other domesticated animal or pet belonging to, or under the care or control of such person, to enter or remain in the SIRZ, without a permit from the management authority, which permit may be issued subject to conditions. |
South African Institute for Drug Free Sport Act, 1997
