Trochus Act 1975. País/Territorio Islas Cook Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 1975 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Fuente original Official publication, 5 pp. Título completoAn Act to establish Trochus Fishing Reserve. Materia Pesca Palabra clave Pesca marítima Manejo y conservación pesquera Moluscos Zona de pesca Talla Cumplimiento/aplicación Infracciones/sanciones Autorización de pesca Autorización/permiso Área geográphica Asia y Pacifico, Oceania, Polinesia, Pequeños estados insulares en desarrollo, Pacífico Sur Resumen An Act to regulate the fishing for trochus in specified areas. Section 3 provides for the establishment of fishing reserves for purposes of this Act. No person shall dive or fish for trochus shells in any fishing reserve without a licence issued by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries under section upon advice of the Director of Marine Resources. In addition, use of diving machines requires a licence. Such licences shall not be transferable. No person shall take any trochus shell from a reserve which measures less than two-and-halve inches. Shells caught shall be brought immediately ashore for inspection by an Inspector appointed under the present Act. Also possession or sale of undersized trochus shells I prohibited. The Minister may from time to time declare all or any of the reserves to be open for a specified periods. All other periods shall be deemed to be close season. Harvest limits shall be established for each reserve. (26 sections) Texto completo Inglés