Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 (Act No. 18 of 1998)RegulationsRegulations in terms of the Marine Living Resources Act, 1998Chapter 5 : Species RestrictionsPart 11 : Other Species56. Size limits, gear restrictions and fishing methods |
| (1) | No person shall engage in fishing, collecting, keeping or controlling of, or be in possession of— |
| (a) | alikreukel, able to pass through a ring with an inside diameter of 63,5 mm; |
| (b) | mud crab, measured across the broadest part of the carapace, less than 140 mm; |
| (c) | siffie, able to pass through a ring with an inside diameter of 32 mm; or |
| (d) | white mussel, able to pass through a ring with an inside diameter of 35 mm. |
| (2) | No person shall engage in fishing, collecting or disturbing any— |
| (a) | rock mussel, limpet, bloodworm, prawn known as a mud prawn or sand prawn, red bait or white mussel in any other manner than by hand or with a hand operated pumping device or by means of an implement of which the blade or flat edge shall not exceed 12 mm in width; |
| (b) | polychaete worm including bloodworm, in any other manner than by hand: Provided that no person may engage in fishing or collecting any polychaete worm including bloodworm north of the Mtamvuna river, |
| (c) | mud crab by means of a trap or net, except on the authority of a pemit; or |
| (d) | shellfish between sunset on one day and sunrise on the following day |
| (3) | No person shall engage in fishing, collecting, keeping or controlling of, or be in possession of, any mud crab or crab which is carrying eggs or showing signs of having been stripped of the eggs. |
| (4) | No person shall, except on the authority of a permit, engage in fishing, collecting or disturbing any mole crab other than by hand or a triangular trap. |
| (5) | No person shall, except on the authority of a permit, engage in fishing, collecting or disturbing any red bait other than by cutting it from the rocks with a knife, and in so doing, leave in situ the base of the shell-like other covering. |
| (6) | No person shall, except on the authority of a permit, damage, uproot, collect or land or attempt to damage, uproot, collect or land any live or dead coral. |
| (7) | No person shall, except on the authority of a permit, engage in fishing, collecting or disturbing any live or empty pansy shell. |
| (8) | No person shall, except on the authority of a permit, damage, pick, uproot, collect or land or attempt to damage, pick, uproot, collect or land any live or dead sea fan or sea pen. |