Chern Jin Fa v Kingsford Naniura. País/Territorio Papua Nueva Guinea Tipo de la corte Nacional - corte superior Fecha Dic 14, 1990 Fuente UNEP, InforMEA Nombre del tribunal National Court of Justice Sede de la corte Waigani Juez Los Número de referencia [1990] PGNC 97 Idioma Inglés Materia Pesca, Agricultura y desarrollo rural Palabra clave Embarcación de pesca Marcado de embarcaciones de pesca Aparejos de pesca/métodos de pesca Resumen In the present case the Appeal Court relied on the legislative intention to protect and control the fishing industry to broadly interpret “equipment” to include the catch record of gillnetters. The appellants had argued that the catch record could not properly be construed to be “equipment” for the purposes of the Fisheries Act. The current legislation has addressed this issue so that the search and seizure provisions applicable to the fisheries officers now includes “gear, equipment, record or other documents” which is “used or intended to be used in relation to fishing” in s. 49. Texto completo COU-159635.pdf