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

Chapter 5 : Prohibited Activities and Stowage of Gear

46. Interference with gear

 

No person shall—

(a) remove, haul, empty, cast adrift or otherwise interfere with any fishing net, line, pot, trap, gear, tackle, or other equipment belonging to any other person without the consent of that person;
(b) place any object in the water, or promote or undertake any activity in a manner so as to obstruct a fishing operation being carried out by another person;
(c) destroy, damage, displace or move or alter the position of any fishing net, line, pot, trap, gear, tackle or other fishing equipment, or any buoy, float or other marker attached to it; or
(d) remove fish from any fishing net, line, pot, trap, gear, tackle or other fishing equipment belonging to any other person without the consent of that person