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Ministerial Decree of 7 January 1980 concerning modalities for the registration in the register of fishermen and regulating sport and underwater fishing.

Country/Territory
Italy
Document type
Regulation
Date
1980
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana No. 11, 12 January 1980, p. 328.
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Marine fisheries Allocation/quota Fishing gear/fishing method Non-commercial fishing Molluscs Coral Fishery management and conservation Aquatic animals
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Abstract

The Decree is divided into 3 articles. Article 2 lists out the devices allowed for sport fishing. The quota of allowable catch cannot exceed 5 kg. per day and is not allowed to catch more than one specimen of stone bass per day. Underwater fishing is allowed only without the use of breathing apparatus (art. 3). Coral and mollusc fishing with breathing apparatus is allowed only to commercial fishermen. Underwater fishing is permitted only in the daytime.

Full text
Italian

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Amended by

Decree of 6 August 1982 amending article 2 of Ministerial Decree of 7 January 1980 regulating sport fishing.

Legislation | Italy | 1982

Keyword: Marine fisheries, Non-commercial fishing, Fishing gear/fishing method, Fishery management and conservation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX