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Kiribati Consolidated Legislation |
LAWS
OF THE REPUBLIC OF
KIRIBATI
REVISED
EDITION 1979
CHAPTER 33
FISHERIES
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
PART
I
GENERAL
1. Short
title
2.
Interpretation
3. Promotion of
fisheries
PART
II
LICENSING
4. Licensing of local
fishing vessels
5. Entry and fishing
by foreign vessels within the fishing
limits
6. Fish processing
establishment
7. Cancellation and
suspension of licences and permits
PART
III
POWERS OF
AUTHORISED OFFICERS
8. Power to stop, board,
search vessels, etc.
9. Powers of an
authorized officer where he reasonably believes an offence
committed
10. Obstruction, etc., of
authorised officers
11. Authorised
officers to declare office, etc.
12.
Non-liability of authorised officers
PART
IV
ADDITIONAL
OFFENCES AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
13. Throwing overboard or
destroying incriminating evidence
14.
Fishing with explosives, poison and other noxious
substances
15. Forfeiture of gear,
fish and vessels
16.
Presumption
17. Jurisdiction of the
courts
18. Disposal of seized
goods
PART
V
MISCELLANEOUS
19. Fishing for scientific
purposes
20. Power of the Minister to
enter into agreements
21. Protection
of native customary rights
22.
Regulations
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An Ordinance to make provision for the promotion and regulation of fishing and fisheries industries in Kiribati and its fishery limits
22 of 1977
9 of 1978
Commencement:
3rd March 1978
L.N. 27/78
PART
I
GENERAL
Short
title
1.
This Ordinance may be cited as the Fisheries
Ordinance.
Interpretation
2.
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-
"authorised officer" means any fisheries officer, licensing officer, police officer or officer as defined in the Customs Ordinance, the master of any Government vessel or vessel owned by the Kiribati Shipping Corporation and any other person appointed by the Minister to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Ordinance;
(Cap. 22)
"explosive" means any powder, gelignite, plastic or other substance used or manufactured with a view to producing a practical effect by explosion;
"fish" means any aquatic animal, whether piscine or not, and includes shell fish, crustaceans, sponges, holothurians (bêche-de-mer), sea urchins, and turtles and their eggs;
"fishing" means fishing for, or catching or taking, or killing, fish by any method;
"fish processing establishment" means any land, vessel or other place in which fish are processed for sale outside Kiribati, but does not include any vessel on which fish caught off such vessel are gutted, salted, iced, chilled or frozen for the sole purpose of preserving such fish;
"fish product" means any product of fish processing;
"fishery limits" means such fishing limits of Kiribati as may be defined from time to time by the Beretitenti acting in accordance with the advice of the Cabinet, by proclamation and, if fishing limits are not so defined, shall be deemed to be the outer limits of the territorial sea;
"fishing vessel" means any vessel used or adapted for use for fishing commercially, but does not include a sailing boat or paddling canoe of native design or a boat, punt or barge having an overall length of less than 7 metres, whether powered by an engine or not;
"foreign fishing vessel" means any fishing vessel that is not a local fishing vessel;
"licensing officer" means a licensing officer appointed under section 3(2) and includes the Chief Fisheries Officer;
"local fishing vessel" means any fishing vessel-
(a) owned by 1 or more persons resident and domiciled in Kiribati; or
(b) owned by any company or fisheries cooperative society registered or incorporated under the laws of Kiribati and having its principal place of business in Kiribati;
"low-tide elevation" means a naturally formed area of land that is surrounded by and above water at mean low-water spring tides but is submerged at mean high-water spring tides;
"nautical mile" means the international nautical mile of 1,852 metres;
"operate", in relation to a vessel, means to be the master or owner or charterer of the vessel and, in relation to a fish processing establishment, means to own or to be in charge of the fish processing establishment and, where the fish processing establishment is a vessel, means to be the master or owner or charterer thereof;
"processing" in relation to fish, includes preserving or preparing fish or producing any substance or article from fish by any method;
"territorial sea" means that part of the sea adjacent to the coast of any island of Kiribati which is within 3 geographical miles measured from the low water mark of the seaward side of the reef fronting such coast, or, when a reef is not present, from the low water mark of the coast itself:
Provided that a low tide elevation that lies wholly or partly within that part of the sea that would be territorial sea if all low-tide elevations were disregarded for the purpose of the measurement of the breadth of the territorial sea shall be treated as an island.
Promotion
of
fisheries
3.
(1) The Minister may take such measures as he shall see fit to promote the
development of fishing and fisheries in Kiribati to ensure
that the fisheries
resources of Kiribati are exploited to the full for the benefit of
Kiribati.
(2) Subject to section
99 of the Constitution, the Minister may appoint a Chief Fisheries Officer and
such other fisheries officers
and licensing officers as he may consider
necessary for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this
Ordinance.
PART
II
LICENSING
Licensing
of local fishing
vessels
4.
(1) Subject to any direction given by the Minister a licensing officer may, upon
written application in the prescribed form and upon
payment of the prescribed
fee, grant a licence in the prescribed form in respect of any local fishing
vessel:
Provided that no licence
shall be granted to any local fishing vessel which is a vessel to which section
15(1) of the Shipping Ordinance
applies unless there is subsisting a valid and
unexpired certificate of seaworthiness issued in respect of that fishing vessel
under
section 13 of that
Ordinance.
(Cap.
93)
(2)
Every licence granted under subsection (1)-
(a) shall not, except with the prior written approval of the Minister endorsed on the licence, extend beyond 1 year from the date of issue thereof; and
(b) shall be personal to the holder; and
(c) shall not be transferable; and
(d) shall be subject to such conditions as may be prescribed and to such further conditions as the licensing officer shall think fit to endorse thereon; and
(e) shall not, except with the prior written approval of the Minister endorsed on the licence, confer on the licensee any exclusive right to fish.
(3)
It shall be a condition of every licence granted under subsection (1) that there
shall be marked and kept marked on the vessel
in respect of which the licence is
granted such letters and numbers of identification as may be assigned to that
vessel by the licensing
officer, in such manner as he may specify or as may be
prescribed.
(4) Any person who
operates or causes or allows to be operated any local fishing vessel within the
fishery limits or in the lagoon
or inland waters of Kiribati except under a
valid licence granted under this section in respect of that vessel and in
accordance
with the conditions of such licence shall be liable on conviction to
a fine of $200 and to imprisonment for 6
months.
Entry
and fishing by foreign vessels within the fishery
limits
5.
(1) No foreign fishing vessel
shall-
(a) enter within the fishery limits except for a purpose recognised by international law; or
(b) fish or attempt to fish within the fishery limits; or
(c) load, unload or tranship any fish within the fishery limits;
or
(d) load or unload any fuel or supplies within the fishery limits,
unless
authorised to do so under a permit granted under this
Ordinance.
(2) A foreign fishing
vessel entering the fishery limits for a purpose recognised by international law
without a permit granted under
this Ordinance shall return outside those limits
as soon as that purpose for which it entered them has been
fulfilled.
(3) The Chief Fisheries
Officer may, with the approval of the Minister, grant a permit in the prescribed
form in respect of any foreign
fishing vessel, authorising such vessel to do
such of the things described in subsection (1) as may be provided for in the
permit.
(4) A permit under
subsection (3) may be granted to a registered or incorporated association of
shipowners if-
(a) the Minister is satisfied at the time when the permit is sought that there exists between the Republic and that association an agreement that is valid and enforceable under the law of the country in which the association is domiciled for the benefit of the Republic in the implementation of the provisions of this Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as a "multiple permit agreement"); and
(b) the multiple permit agreement specifies, in terms acceptable to the Minister, the circumstances under which a member of the association of shipowners may be authorised pursuant to this Ordinance in respect of any foreign fishing vessel to do such of the things described in subsection (1) as if that member had been granted a permit under subsection (3); and
(c) there is a term of the multiple permit agreement under which the maximum number of members of the association is stipulated who may enjoy the rights and benefits conferred by this section and who shall be subject to the provisions of this Ordinance; and
(d) the association of shipowners covenants with the Minister to provide the master of any foreign fishing vessel authorised pursuant to paragraph (b) with a translation in Japanese of the conditions of a permit granted under subsection (3).
(5)
A permit granted under subsection (4) shall be severable at the election of the
Minister and if thus severed any breach by any
member of an association of
shipowners to which such a permit has been granted under subsection (3) shall be
subject to cancellation
or suspension pursuant to section 7(1) in respect of
that member as if the permit has been granted to that
member.
(6) Unless the Minister is
satisfied that the management or managing body of the association has not
contributed in any way, either
before or after the contravention of the permit
by the member of the association, to the default of the member leading to the
right
to cancel or suspend the licence, the licence shall not be severed in
respect of the member in default but shall be treated as a
single and
indivisible licence subject to suspension or cancellation as against the
association of shipowners and in respect of each
member of that
association.
(7) A member of an
association to which a permit has been granted under subsection (4) shall be
subject to the same penalties, obligations,
duties and powers prescribed and
exercisable under this Ordinance as if that member had been granted a permit
under subsection (3).
(8) An
association with which a multiple permit agreement has been made and to which a
permit has been granted under subsection (4)
shall not be deemed to be a
licensing officer.
(9) The payment
of fees and royalties due under subsection (11)(b) shall be due and payable by
an association to which a permit is
granted under subsection
(4).
(10) The amount payable under
subsection (9) of this section shall be calculated by reference to the number of
members stipulated
in the multiple permit
agreement.
(11) A permit granted
by the Chief Fisheries Officer under this section shall be subject
to-
(a) such conditions as may be prescribed, and to such further conditions as may be endorsed upon the permit by the Chief Fisheries Office; and
(b) to the payment of such fees and royalties as may be determined by the Chief Fisheries Officer with the approval of the Minister.
(12)
A permit granted by the Chief Fisheries Officer under this section shall not
confer any exclusive right to fish unless the permit
expressly so
provides.
(13) The fishing gear of
any foreign fishing vessel which is prohibited by this section from fishing
within the fishing limits shall,
while the vessel is within those limits be stowed in
such manner as may be
prescribed.
(14) Where any foreign
fishing vessel contravenes any of the provisions of this section, the master,
owner and charterer, if any,
of such vessel shall each be liable on
conviction-
(a) in the case of a contravention of subsection (1), to a fine of $100,000; and
(b) in the case of a contravention of subsection (2) or subsection (13), to a fine of $25,000.
(15)
Where any foreign fishing vessel contravenes any of the conditions of a permit
granted under this section, the master, owner
and charterer, if any, of such
vessel shall each be liable on conviction to a fine of
$25,000.
Fish
processing
establishment
6.
(1) The Chief Fisheries Officer may, with the approval of the Minister and on
payment of the prescribed fee, grant to any person
a licence in the prescribed
form to operate a fish processing establishment, subject to such conditions as
may from time to time
be prescribed and to such further conditions as may be
endorsed upon the licence by the Chief Fisheries
Officer.
(2) Any person who
operates, or causes or allows to be operated, any fish processing establishment
except under a valid licence granted
under this section in respect of that fish
processing establishment and in accordance with the conditions of such licence
shall be
liable on conviction to a fine of $200 and to imprisonment for 6
months.
Cancellation
and suspension of licences and
permits
7.
(1) Where any of the conditions of any licence or permit is contravened the
Chief Fisheries Officer may cancel the licence or permit,
or suspend such
licence or permit for such period as he may think
fit.
(2) Any person aggrieved by
the refusal of any licensing officer to issue any licence granted under this
Ordinance, or by the cancellation
or suspension of any licence or permit granted
under this Ordinance, may appeal against such refusal, cancellation or
suspension
to the Minister, whose decision shall be final.
PART III
POWERS OF AUTHORISED OFFICERS
Power
to stop, board, search vessels,
etc.
8.
For purposes of ascertaining whether there is, or has been, any contravention of
the provisions of this Ordinance any authorised
officer may-
(a) at all reasonable hours enter any fish processing establishment and any premises other than premises used exclusively as a dwelling-house; and
(b) stop, board and search-
(i) any foreign or local fishing vessel within the fishery limits; or
(ii) any local fishing vessel, outside the fishery limits; and
(c) stop and search any vehicle transporting, or reasonably suspected of transporting, fish or fish products; and
(d) make such examination and inquiry as may appear necessary to him concerning any premises, fish processing establishment, vessel or vehicle in relation to which any of the powers conferred by this section have been, or may be, exercised and take samples of any fish, or fish products, found therein; and
(e) require any person to produce his licence or his authority if it appears to the authorised officer that such person is doing any act for which a licence or other authority is required under this Ordinance.
Powers
of an authorised officer where he reasonably believes an offence
committed
9.
(1) Where he has reasonable grounds for believing that an offence against the
provisions of this Ordinance has been committed, any
authorised officer, without
a warrant, may-
(a) following hot pursuit as recognised by international law and commenced within the fishery limits, stop, board and search outside the fishery limits any foreign fishing vessel which he believes has been used in the commission of that offence within the fishery limits, or in relation to which he believes such offence has been committed, and bring such vessel and all persons and things on board it within the fishery limits; and
(b) within the fishery limits-
(i) arrest any person whom he believes has committed such offence and, if the authorised officer making such arrest is not a police officer, he shall without necessary delay make over such person to a police officer, or in the absence of a police officer shall take such person to the nearest police station; and
(ii) in the case of an offence against section 5(1), section 13 or section 14(1), seize any vessel (together with its equipment, stores and cargo) which he believes has been used in the commission of such offence or in respect of which he believes such offence has been committed; and
(iii) seize any fishing gear, instruments or appliances which he believes have been used in the commission of such offence; and
(iv) seize any fish which he believes have been taken or fish products produced in the commission of such offence; and
(v) seize any explosive, poison or other noxious substance which he believes has been used, carried, possessed or controlled in contravention of section 14.
(2)
After any vessel has been stopped under the provision of this section any
authorised officer may exercise concerning it, or in
relation to any fish or
fish products therein, any of the powers conferred by section
8(d).
(3)
A written receipt shall be given for any thing seized under subsection (1) by
the authorised officer concerned to the person from
whom the seizure is
made.
Obstruction,
etc. of authorised
officers
10.
Any person who-
(a) wilfully obstructs any authorised officer in the exercise of any of his powers under this Ordinance; or
(b) fails to comply with any lawful requirements imposed or to answer any lawful enquiry made by any authorised officer under this Ordinance, including enquiries as to the source of supply of fish,
shall
be liable on conviction to a fine of $200 and to imprisonment for 6 months, and
if the obstruction or non-compliance takes place
on board or alongside a vessel
the master of the vessel shall be liable on conviction to a like
penalty.
Authorised
officers to declare office,
etc.
11.
Any authorised officer acting in the exercise of his powers under this Ordinance
shall, on demand, produce such document of identification
or other evidence as
may be reasonably sufficient to show that he is an authorised officer for the
purpose of this
Ordinance.
Non-liability
of authorised
officers
12.
No authorised officer shall be personally liable in respect of any act done or
omitted to be done by him in good faith in the execution
or purported execution
of his powers and duties under this Ordinance.
PART
IV
ADDITIONAL
OFFENCES AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Throwing
overboard or destroying incriminating
evidence
13.
Any person who, being on board any vessel being pursued or about to be boarded
by any authorised officer, throws overboard or destroys
any fish, fishing gear,
explosive, poison, noxious substance or any other thing whatsoever, with intent
to avoid the seizure of such
fish, fishing gear, explosive, poison, noxious
substance or thing, or the detection of any offence against this Ordinance,
shall
be liable on conviction to a fine of $400 and to imprisonment for 1
year.
Fishing
with explosives, poison and other noxious
substances
14.
(1) Any person who-
(a) permits to be used, uses or attempts to use any explosive, or any poison or other noxious substance, for the purpose of killing, stunning, disabling or catching fish or in any way rendering fish more easily caught; or
(b) carries or has in his possession or control any explosive, poison or other noxious substance in circumstances which raise a reasonable presumption that such an explosive, poison or other noxious substance is intended to be used for any of the aforesaid purposes,
shall
be liable on conviction to a fine of $200 and to imprisonment for 6
months.
(2) Any person who,
knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that any fish has been taken in
contravention of the provisions
of this section, without lawful excuse, receives
or is found in possession of such fish shall be liable on
conviction-
(a) where the circumstances of such receipt or possession raise a reasonable presumption that the fish is intended to be sold in the course of business, to a fine of $200 and to imprisonment for 6 months; or
(b) where no such presumption arises, to a fine of $50 and to imprisonment for 2 months.
Forfeiture
of gear, fish and
vessels
15.
Where any person is convicted of an offence against this Ordinance the court
may, in addition to any other penalty it may impose,
order that any fish caught
or fish product produced in the commission of such offence or the proceeds of
sale of such fish product,
and any fishing gear, instruments or appliances and,
in the case of any offence under section 5(1), section 13 or section 14(1) any
vessel (together with its equipment, stores and cargo) used in the commission of
such offence or in respect of which such offence
has been committed, shall be
forfeited to the Republic, and if so forfeited such property shall be disposed
of in such manner as
the Minister of Finance may
direct.
Presumption
16.
All fish found on board any vessel used in the commission of an offence against
the provisions of this Ordinance, or in respect of
which any such offence has
been committed, shall, unless the contrary is proved, be presumed to have been
caught in the commission
of such
offence.
Jurisdiction
of the
courts
17.
Any offence against any of the provisions of this Ordinance committed within the
fishery limits may be dealt with, and judicial proceedings
taken, as if the
offence had been committed in any place in
Kiribati.
Disposal
of seized
goods
18.
(1) Any fish, fish product or other article of a perishable nature seized or
taken under the provisions of this Ordinance may on
the direction of the Chief
Fisheries Officer be sold and the net proceeds of the sale held pending the
outcome of any prosecution
brought under this Ordinance, and if no such
prosecution is brought such proceeds shall be paid to the owner of the fish,
fish product
or other article
sold.
(2) Any vessel, fishing
gear, instrument or appliance seized under section 9 which is not ordered to be
forfeited under section 15
shall be returned to its
owner.
(3) where any vessel,
fishing gear, instrument or appliance, fish or fish product has been seized
under section 9 the court may order
its release on receipt of a satisfactory
bond or other security from any person claiming such property, conditioned on
such person-
(a) delivering such property to the court upon the order of the court, without any impairment of its value, and paying in full any fine imposed by the court in pursuance of this Ordinance; or
(b) paying the monetary value of such property in accordance with an order or judgment of the court together with any fine imposed.
PART
V
MISCELLANEOUS
Fishing
for scientific
purposes
19.
The Minister may, in writing, authorise any fishing vessel to fish within the
fishery limits for the purpose of scientific investigations,
and may for this
purpose exempt such fishing vessel from all or any of the provisions of this
Ordinance and, in making such exemption,
may impose such conditions as he may
think
fit.
Power of
the Minister to enter into
agreements
20.
(1) The Minister may enter, on behalf of the Republic, into an agreement with
any person or any government, or agency of any government
or international
agency for the purpose of enabling the Government to perform any of the
functions conferred by or under this Ordinance,
or for the purpose of
facilitating the performance of those functions, or generally to advance the
purposes for which this Ordinance
was
enacted.
(2) The Minister may from
time to time by order limit any provision of this Ordinance relating to the
fishery limits so far as it
is necessary to do so to give full effect to any
convention, including any convention that is adopted by the Third United Nations
Conference on the Law of the Sea, and to any international agreement or
arrangement by which the Republic may become bound concerning
fishing off the
coast of
Kiribati.
Protection
of native customary
rights
21.
(1) No person shall take fish in any sea or lagoon area or on any reef forming
part of the ancient customary fishing ground of any
kainga, utu or other
division or subdivision of the people unless he shall be a member thereof or
shall first have obtained a licence
so to do under the hand of the Minister who
may grant or refuse any such licence at his
discretion.
(2) A person who
contravenes subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $200 and
to imprisonment for 6
months.
Regulations
22.
The Beretitenti, acting in accordance with the advice of the Cabinet, may make
regulations for carrying into effect any of the purposes
or provisions of this
Ordinance, and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, such
regulations may prescribe or provide
for all or any of the following
purposes-
(a) the training of fishermen; and
(b) regulating the procedure relating to the issue of licences and permits and prescribing the forms thereof and forms of application therefor; and
(c) the conditions and procedure to be observed by foreign fishing vessels while within the fishery limits; and
(d) the conservation and protection of all species of fish; and
(e) the establishment of closed seasons for any area of Kiribati or any species of fish therein specified; and
(f) the placing of a limit on the amount, size or weight of fish, or any species of fish, which may be caught or traded; and
(g) the designation of prohibited fishing areas for all fish or certain species of fish or certain methods of fishing; and
(h) the prohibition of certain types of fishing gear or methods of fishing; and
(i) in relation to fish nets, minimum mesh sizes, and
(j) the organisation of sport fishing; and
(k) the licensing of fish farms and the regulation of importation of live fish; and
(l) the organisation and regulation of marketing distribution and export from Kiribati of fish or fish products; and
(m) controlling the handling, landing and transportation of fish or fish products; and
(n) methods and procedures to be adopted in relation to fish storage and processing; and
(o) substances and materials to be used in fish processing; and
(p) the inspection of fish processing establishments and fish products; and
(q) minimum standards in relation to the quality of fish or fish products; and
(r) methods of analysis of fish and fish products; and
(s) the grant of exemption to any vessel or class of vessel or fish processing establishment from all or any of the provisions of this Ordinance; and
(t) the prohibition of any practices or methods, or employment of equipment or apparatus or materials, which are likely to be injurious to the maintenance and development of a stock of fish; and
(u) anything required to be prescribed by this Ordinance; and
(v) the provision of penalties for contraventions thereof of terms of imprisonment of 6 months and fines of $1,000.
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[Subsidiary]
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
Proclamation of fishery limits under section 2
The following limits have
been defined and declared by a proclamation dated 18 April
1979.
1.
As from the 19th April 1979 the fishery limits of Kiribati shall extend to 200
miles from the baseline of
Kiribati.
2.
Notwithstanding paragraph 1, where any pan of the median line is less than 200
miles from the nearest part of the baseline referred
to in paragraph 1, that
part of the median line shall be the fisheries limit of
Kiribati.
3.
The Republic will exercise the same exclusive rights in respect of fishery
within the said fishery limits outside the territorial
waters of Kiribati as it
has in respect of fishery in the territorial waters of Kiribati subject to such
provisions as may be made
by law for the control and regulation of fishing
within the said
limits.
4.
In this Proclamation-
"baseline of Kiribati" means the low water mark of the seaward side of the reef fronting the coast of any part of Kiribati or bounding any lagoon waters adjacent to such coast or, where a reef is not present the low water mark of the coast itself of any part of Kiribati;
"median line" means a line every point of which is equidistant from the nearest points of, on the one hand, the baseline of Kiribati and, on the other hand, the corresponding baseline of any other country;
"mile" means the international nautical mile.
________
Regulations
under section 22
PROHIBITED FISHING AREAS (DESIGNATION) REGULATIONS
L.N.
61/78
L.N. 77/78
Commencement: 31st July 1978
Citation
1.
These Regulations may be cited as the Prohibited Fishing Areas (Designation)
Regulations.
Prohibition
of
fishing
2.
Fishing is prohibited in the areas specified in the Schedule to these
Regulations (referred to as "prohibited fishing
areas").
Penalty
3.
Any person who fishes in a prohibited fishing area commits an offence and shall
be liable to imprisonment for 6 months and to a fine
of $1,000.
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SCHEDULE
Azur Lagoon
Pelican Lagoon
Isles Lagoon
The Tonga Channel and the adjoining Artemia Ponds.
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FISHERIES
CONSERVATION AND
PROTECTION
(ROCK
LOBSTERS-PANULIRUS SPECIES) REGULATIONS
K.L.N. 3/79
Commencement: 11th June 1979
Citation
1.
These Regulations may be cited as the Fisheries Conservation and Protection
(Rock Lobsters-Panulirus Species)
Regulations.
Interpretation
2.
In these Regulations-
(a) "rock lobster" (sometimes known as crayfish) means the species of crustacean known by the scientific name of Panulirus; and
(b) a rock lobster shall be deemed to be immature if the length of its carapace is less than 85 millimetres measured from its eyes; and
(c) "carapace" means the inflexible shell covering the forepart of a rock lobster.
Protection
of certain rock
lobsters
3.
Any person who catches, takes, kills, has in his possession, sells, exposes for
sale, buys for sale or consigns to any person for
the purpose of
sale-
(a) any immature rock lobster; or
(b) any female rock lobster bearing its eggs,
shall
be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of $100 or imprisonment for 3
months.
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