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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 9 : Other Provisions

Part 1 : Provisions Relating to the Leaving of Objects and Dispensing of Material in the Sea

86. Fishing gear and other implements

 

(1) No person shall, except on the authority of a permit, leave any fishing gear, mooring, or any other implement or object utilised for fishing operations on or in the sea upon termination of any fishing operations.

 

(2) Where any person has left any fishing gear, mooring, or any other implement or object on or in the sea in contravention of subregulation (1), the Minister may cause such object to be removed.

 

(3) Any costs incurred by the Minister in connection with the removal of any fishing gear, mooring or other implement or object in terms of subregulation (2), shall be payable by the person by whom the object in question was left on or in the sea, which costs shall constitute a debt owing to the State.

 

(4) Any buoy used for marking or suspending an implement in the sea shall be clearly marked with the name of the vessel from which it was deployed.