Resolution No. 290/1 of 1998 defining the use of the sardine net. Country/Territory Lebanon Document type Regulation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Official Gazette No. 54, 3 December 1998, p. 4960. Subject Fisheries Keyword Marine fisheries Fishing gear/fishing method Size Mesh Fishing authorization Protection of species Fishery management and conservation Authorization/permit Geographical area Asia, Mediterranean, Middle East, Near East and North Africa, Western Asia Abstract In conformity with Resolution No. 2775 of 28 September 1929 on the control of marine fishing, this Resolution decrees the categorical prohibition of the use of the sardine net for "luxe fishing", light attraction before one kilometre of the fixed lines. Categorical forbidden of the use of the sardine net with the mesh size of less than 8 millimetres. Full text Arabic