Sea Fisheries
(Inshore Trawling, Netting and Dredging) (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations 2016
Made 28th June 2016
Coming into force 5th
July 2016
THE STATES, in pursuance of Articles 2, 5 and 29 of the Sea Fisheries (Jersey)
Law 1994[1], have made the following
Regulations –
1 Regulation 6 amended
For Regulation 6 of the Sea Fisheries (Inshore Trawling,
Netting and Dredging) (Jersey) Regulations 2001[2] there shall be substituted the
following Regulation –
“6 Further
restrictions on the use of fishing nets
(1) It is prohibited to use a beach set net unless –
(a) it has a mesh size
of at least 110 mm;
(b) it is below the
half-tide mark and amongst rocks situated no more than 120 metres apart;
(c) it is marked at either end and at
10 metre intervals over its entire length with a buoy, float or other
identification mark each with a diameter or width of at least 10 cm;
(d) the marks at either
end of the net are indelibly marked with the owner’s contact details; and
(e) the maximum length of
net set on the beach at any one time by the owner is 100 metres.
(2) It is prohibited to use passive gear other
than a beach set net where the depth of the sea is less than 130 cm.
(3) It is prohibited to use a peg or a stake on
a beach to hold a net.”.
2 Citation
and commencement
These Regulations may be
cited as the Sea Fisheries (Inshore Trawling, Netting and Dredging) (Amendment
No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations 2016 and shall come into force 7 days
after they are made.
l.-m. hart
Deputy Greffier of the States