1985 Ed.]
Shipping and Port Control Regulations
[CAP. 313
A 29
[Subsidiary]
68. (1) No person shall fish by purse net, seine net, drift net, trawl, cage trap, hand line or long line in any prohibited fishing area specified in Part I of the Eleventh Schedule.
(2) No person shall in the waters of Hong Kong-
(a) erect or maintain a stake net; or
(b) operate a beach seine net,
except under, and in accordance with, a licence granted under paragraph (3).
(3) The Director may, on payment of the fee prescribed in the Thirteenth Schedule, grant to any person an annual licence, or renew an annual licence-
(a) for the erection and maintenance of a stake net; or
(b) for the operation of a beach seine net.
(4) A licensee shall-
(a) not transfer a licence;
(b) not erect or maintain a stake net otherwise than at the place specified in the licence or within 200 metres of an existing stake net without the permission of the owner of that existing stake net;
(c) exhibit on a stake net in a conspicuous position a notice, supplied free of charge by the Director, showing the number of the licence of the stake net;
(d) exhibit on a stake net, between sunset and sunrise, a white light visible in all directions seaward, and such light shall be of such intensity as to be visible in clear atmosphere on a dark night at a distance of at least one nautical mile;
(e) remove at his expense a stake net that is not in use, and if he fails to do so the Director may remove it and recover the cost of removal from the licensee as a civil debt;
(f) comply with any conditions attached to a licence.
(5) Any person who contravenes this regulation commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $2,000.
(6) In this regulation, unless the context otherwise requires-
"beach seine net" means a net not less than 30 metres in length by 1 metre in width, that is shot from a boat and hauled by both ends to the shore;
"stake net" includes-
(a) an inshore net, which means a net attached to poles and worked by a windlass stationed on shore or in less than 6 metres of water;
Control of fishing.
Eleventh Schedule.
Thirteenth Schedule.
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1985 Ed.]
Shipping and Port Control Regulations
[CAP. 313
A 29
[Subsidiary]
68. (1) No person shall fish by purse net, seine net, drift net, trawl, cage trap, hand line or long line in any prohibited fishing area specified in Part I of the Eleventh Schedule.
(2) No person shall in the waters of Hong Kong-
(a) erect or maintain a stake net; or
(b) operate a beach seine net,
except under, and in accordance with, a licence granted under paragraph (3).
(3) The Director may, on payment of the fee prescribed in the Thirteenth Schedule, grant to any person an annual licence, or renew an annual licence-
(a) for the erection and maintenance of a stake net; or
(b) for the operation of a beach seine net.
(4) A licensee shall-
(a) not transfer a licence;
(b) not erect or maintain a stake net otherwise than at the place specified in the licence or within 200 metres of an existing stake net without the permission of the owner of that existing stake net;
(c) exhibit on a stake net in a conspicuous position a notice, supplied free of charge by the Director, showing the number of the licence of the stake net;
(d) exhibit on a stake net, between sunset and sunrise, a white light visible in all directions seaward, and such light shall be of such intensity as to be visible in clear atmosphere on a dark night at a distance of at least one nautical mile;
(e) remove at his expense a stake net that is not in use, and if he fails to do so the Director may remove it and recover the cost of removal from the licensee as a civil debt;
(f) comply with any conditions attached to a licence.
(5) Any person who contravenes this regulation commits an
offence and is liable to a fine of $2,000.
(6) In this regulation, unless the context otherwise requires-
"beach seine net" means a net not less than 30 metres in length by I metre in width, that is shot from a boat and hauled by both ends to the shore;
"stake net" includes-
(a) an inshore net, which means a net attached to poles and worked by a windlass stationed on shore or in less than 6 metres of water;
Control of fishing.
Eleventh Schedule.
Thirteenth Schedule.
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