Sea Fisheries
(Inshore Waters) (Jersey) Regulations 1998
Official
Consolidated Version
This is an official
version of consolidated legislation compiled and issued under the authority of
the Legislation (Jersey) Law 2021.
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Sea Fisheries
(Inshore Waters) (Jersey) Regulations 1998
1 Application
These Regulations do not apply to
the extended territorial sea.
2 Restriction
on fishing in harbours
(1) No
person shall, without having previously obtained the permission of the Harbour
Master, use or cause to be used for the purpose of fishing for sea fish in any
harbour any fishing net.
(2) In
this Regulation, “harbour” and “Harbour Master” have
the same meaning as in the Harbours
(Administration) (Jersey) Law 1961.
3 Restrictions
on the use of fishing lines[1]
(1) It
is prohibited to use or cause to be used for the purpose of fishing for sea
fish any ground line except as specified in an Order made by the Minister.
(2) The
Minister may in an Order –
(a) specify
a person or a class of person who may use a ground line for the purpose of
fishing for sea fish; or
(b) specify
the times or places that such persons or classes of persons may use such ground
lines.
(3) A
person specified under paragraph (2) shall not use or cause to be
used –
(a) any
ground line on any part of any beach above the half-tide mark;
(b) any
ground line with a single hook unless it is marked with a buoy, float or other
identification mark having a diameter or width of 10 centimetres indelibly
marked with the contact details of the owner except that where such lines are
anchored in a row it shall be sufficient to so mark –
(i) the lines at the
ends of the row, and
(ii) intermediate
lines at intervals not exceeding 10 metres or such other distance that the
Minister may specify in an Order;
(c) any
ground line to which paragraph (b) does not apply, unless it is marked at
either end and at 10 metre intervals over its entire length with a buoy,
float or other identification mark having a diameter or width of
10 centimetres, and in the case of the marks at either end of the ground
line, indelibly marked with the contact details of the owner;
(d) any
ground line the hooks of which have an opening of less than one centimetre
between the point of the hook and its shaft;
(e) any
ground line on a beach if the maximum number of hooks set on the beach at any
one time by the owner exceeds 50 or such other number that the Minister
may specify in an Order;
(f) any
pegs or stakes on any beach to hold fishing lines.
4 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Sea Fisheries (Inshore Waters)
(Jersey) Regulations 1998.