Public Law No. 17-13. Country/Territory Northern Mariana Is. (USA) Document type Legislation Date 2010 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to amend Section 3 of Public Law 12-14, as it applies to the surrounding waters of the municipality of Rota, to ensure that such regulations do not restrict the rights of persons to engage in non-commercial net-fishing, provided that such right be restricted to non-commercial net-fishing for the purpose of obtaining fish for personal or immediate family consumption, to also ensure that the definition of "non-traditional fishing methods" is not misinterpreted to include non-commercial net-fishing; and for other purposes. Subject Fisheries Keyword Marine fisheries Fishing gear/fishing method Traditional rights/customary rights Non-commercial fishing Fishing authorization Fishery management and conservation Authorization/permit Geographical area Micronesia, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract This Act amends the Fair Fishing Act in Section 3 by providing an exemption on the recent extension the prohibition to use non-traditional fishing methods by any commercial and non-commercial fishermen to all waters of the Commonwealth. The exemption concerns non-commercial (subsistence) fishing in the waters surrounding the First Senatorial District with the use of throw nets (talaya), or the use of the following types of nets provided the net mesh size are no smaller than two inches: drag nets (chenchulun lagua), surround nets (chenchulun umesugon) or trap nets (chenchulun managam). Full text English Website www.cnmileg.gov.mp References - Legislation Amends Fair Fishing Act of 2000 (P.L. 12-14). Legislation | Northern Mariana Is. (USA) | 2000 Keyword: Marine fisheries, Fishing gear/fishing method, Traditional rights/customary rights, Non-commercial fishing, Fishery management and conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX