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Resolution No. 279/1 of 1998 forbidding to fish the marine turtle.

Country/Territory
Lebanon
Document type
Regulation
Date
1998
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official Gazette No. 54, 3 December 1998, pp. 4956 and 4957.
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Turtles Marine area Fishing authorization Protection of species Authorization/permit
Geographical area
Asia, Mediterranean, Middle East, Near East and North Africa, Western Asia
Abstract

In order to protect and to preserve the marine species, and due to the turtle is threatened with extinction, this Resolution in conformity with Resolution No. 2775 of 28 September 1929 on the control of marine fishing, decrees the absolutely prohibition of the fishing of turtle along of the Lebanese coast.

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