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Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 (Act No. 18 of 1998)

Chapter 5 : Prohibited Activities and Stowage of Gear

44. Prohibited fishing methods

 

(1)        No person shall—

(a) use, permit to be used, or attempt to use any explosive, fire-arm, poison or other noxious substance for the purpose of killing, stunning, disabling or catching fish, or of in any way rendering fish to be caught more easily;
(b) carry or have in his or her possession or control any explosive, fire-arm, poison or other noxious substance for any of the purposes referred to in paragraph (a); or
(c) engage in a fishing or related activity by a method or in a manner prohibited by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.

 

(2) No person shall land, sell, receive or possess any fish taken by any means in contravention of this Act.