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Notification of Procedures for Resuscitation of Turtles (L.N. No. 194 of 1999).

Country/Territory
Trinidad and Tobago
Document type
Regulation
Date
1999
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official Gazette Vol. 38, No. 182 of 1999, Supplement part B, pp. 695-696.
Subject
Fisheries, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Marine fisheries Bycatch Fishery management and conservation Turtles Management/conservation
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

This Notification of the Minister of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources made under regulation 8(a) of the Fisheries (Conservation of Marine Turtles) Regulations, 1994, defines the procedures for the resuscitation of turtles which are captured accidentally by commercial shrimp trawlers.

Full text
English

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

Fisheries (Conservation of Marine Turtles) Regulations (Cap. 67:51).

Legislation | Trinidad and Tobago | 1994 (2009)

Keyword: Marine fisheries, Fishing gear/fishing method, Fishery management and conservation, Management/conservation, Turtles, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX