Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 (Act No. 18 of 1998)RegulationsRegulations in terms of the Marine Living Resources Act, 1998Chapter 4 : Use of GearPart 2 : Trawl Fishing13. Area limitations |
| (1) | No person shall use any trawlnet for fishing in the following areas: |
| (a) | On the landward or northerly side of a straight line joining Cape Vacca and the lighthouse at Cape St Blaize; |
| (b) | on the landward or northerly side of a straight line joining the lighthouse at Cape St Blaize and Gericke Point; |
| (c) | to seaward of the lines defined in paragraphs (a) and (b) above within the sector of a circle with a radius of 1,5 nautical miles drawn from the lighthouse at Cape St Blaize; |
| (d) | seaward of the high-water mark in the area bounded by a line (160 degrees true bearing) drawn from the Sundays River mouth and by a line (048 degrees true bearing) drawn from the Donkin reserve lighthouse to its point of intersection with the aforementioned line; |
| (e) | landward of a straight line drawn from the Cape Seal lighthouse to the western bank of the Bloukrans River mouth; |
| (f) | landward of a straight line drawn from Cape St Francis Point to the lighthouse at Cape Recife; |
| (g) | landward of a line (084 degrees true bearing) drawn from the lighthouse at Cape Infanta to the beacon marked K2, situated at Cape Barracouta; and |
| (h) | in a tidal river or tidal lagoon, except on the authority of a permit. |
| (2) | No person shall, except on the authority of a permit, use a trawlnet within a distance of five nautical miles seaward of the high-water mark in the area bounded by a line (180 degrees true bearing) drawn from the Cape Point lighthouse and a line drawn at the border between the Republic and Namibia on the northern bank of the Orange River (approximately 234 degrees true bearing) as indicated on Chart SAN FZ1. |