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

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Regulations in terms of the Marine Living Resources Act, 1998

Chapter 4 : Use of Gear

Part 4 : Other Nets: Beach-Seine Net, Staked Net, Set-Net, Driftnet and Gillnet

19. General

 

No person shall, except on the authority of a permit—

(a) have or use any beach-seine net, staked net, set-net, hoop net, shove net, drag net, driftnet or gillnet;
(b) have or use overlay or super-impose any net or netting on any net or portion of a net when fishing;
(c) have on board, land or transship in South African waters any tuna which have been caught by means of a gillnet; or
(d) use any beach-seine net, staked net, set-net or cast net for fishing from sunset to sunrise.