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Fisheries (Pin Seine) Regulations.

Country/Territory
Guyana
Document type
Regulation
Date
1962 (1973)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official publication, pp. 24-25.
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Fishing gear/fishing method
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States, South America
Abstract

This Regulation contains rules relative to the installation and operation of gear and equipment used for fishing with pin seines. No person shall erect a fish pin wider than twenty-six feet and no person shall operate such pins without a permission of the licensed owner of the pin (reg. 3). Fishing grounds shall be marked and no other fishing boat shall occupy fishing grounds already in occupation without a permission of the captain of the boat already occupying the fishing grounds (reg. 4). No person other than those authorized by the owner or the captain shall handle nets, pin, or sticks used for seine pin fishing during fishing operations or during the period when the pin seine is being set for fishing. No person shall wilfully cause a vessel to sail over fishing gear set for fishing.

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