These Regulations, made under section 7 of the Fisheries Protection Act, provide with respect to a various matters relating to management and conservation of fisheries resources in Anguilla. The 32 Regulations are divided into 6 Parts: Preliminary (1); Licensing and Registration Provisions (2); Conservation Provisions (3); Fish Aggregating Devices (4); Fisheries Management and Development (5); Enforcement and Miscellaneous Provisions (6). The Regulations shall apply to Anguilla and to the fishery limits as defined in the Act. any person who, not being the holder of, and acting in conformity with the conditions of, a licence authorising him so to do: (a) engages in fishing; or (b) processes or exports any species of marine product; is guilty of an offence. This does not apply partially to subsistence and sport fishing. Vessel used for commercial or sport fishing must be licenced. The Governor shall be responsible for issuing of foreign fishing licences, whereas the Minister shall issue licences for domestic fishing, sport fishing and fishing vessels. No person shall purchase any species of marine product, whether for processing or for consumption by himself or any other person, from any person who is not the holder of a Commercial Fisherman’s Licence or, in the case of any such marine product which has been processed in Anguilla, of a licence to process that species of marine product. The Regulations further provide, among other things, for: obligations of licence holders, registration of fish merchants, prohibited fishing methods, close seasons, prohibited fishing areas, size of fish, restrictions relating to crayfish and lobster, prohibition on taking turtles, fisheries management and development plan, fisheries access agreements, the Fisheries Advisory Committee, trasshipment of catch, definition of offences. There shall be a Fisheries Advisory Committee, which shall advise the Governor or the Minister (as the case may be) on the exercise of their respective functions under the Act and these Regulations and as to the management and development of fisheries. The Chief Fisheries Officer shall prepare and keep under review a plan for the management and development of fisheries. The fishery plan and each review thereof shall be submitted to the Minister for approval.
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