Section 14: Closed periods

14. Closed periods (1) No person shall fish with, or have in his possession at sea, any river, lake or dam— (a) a large net, a pocket net or a gill net from 1 October in a year to the last day of February of the following year; (b) a canard net from— (i) 1 May to 31 July in a year; (ii) 1 October in a year to the last day of February of the following year. (2) Subject to subsection (1), no person shall fish with, or have in his possession at sea, any river, lake or dam— (a) a large net or canard net between 1800 hours and 0600 hours; (b) a gill net between 0600 hours and 1800 hours. (3) Subject to subsection (4), no person shall— (a) fish oysters; or (b) have in his possession fresh oysters, from the 1 October in a year to the last day of March of the following year. (4) Subsection (3) does not apply to oysters which are— (a) caught in a fish farm; or (b) imported for sale. (5) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Minister may, in any year, authorise by regulations, fishing at sea, any river, lake or dam with a large net, a pocket net, a gill net or a canard net for a period of not more than 10 days starting from the 1 October in that year where weather conditions prevented respectively, for 5 days consecutively, the operation of— (a) a large net, a pocket net or a gill net during the period 1 March to 30 September in that year; (b) a canard net during the periods 1 March to 30 April and 1 August to 30 September in that year. F15 – 15 [Issue 2] Fisheries and Marine Resources Act