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Fisheries (Control of Demersal (Bottom) Trawling Activities) Regulations, 1994 (L.N. No. 217 of 1994).

Country/Territory
Trinidad and Tobago
Document type
Regulation
Date
1994
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Trinidad and Tobago Official Gazette, Supplement Part B - Vol. 33, No. 257 of 1994, pp. 573-74.
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Marine fisheries Protected fishing area Fishing gear/fishing method Mesh Fishery management and conservation
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

These Regulations prohibit any trawling on the east coast of Trinidad and Tobago (as defined in the Schedule to these Regulations) and place restrictions on the dragging or pulling of a trawl net on the bottom of the sea in order to catch a demersal or bottom living species on the north coast (as defined in the Schedule to these Regulations). Demersal trawling is permitted on the north coast in territorial waters beyond a line of two nautical miles from the coast. Standards for mesh and the cod end of a trawl are prescribed.

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References - Legislation

Implements

Fisheries Act (Cap. 67:51).

Legislation | Trinidad and Tobago | 1916 (1975)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Marine fisheries, Inland fisheries, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX