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BRB-1993-L-87104
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Fisheries Act, 1993 (Cap. 391).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Barbados
Subjects (Classification)
Fishers
Adopted on (Date of text)
1993-10-01
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
An Act to provide for the management and development of fisheries in Barbados and to provide for the appointment of a Chief Fisheries Officer and a Fisheries Advisory Committee.
The 47 sections are divided into a Citation and 4 Parts: Fisheries Management and Development (I); Safety of Commercial Fishing Vessels and Accidents at Sea (II); Enforcement (III); General (IV).
The Chief Fisheries Officer shall develop and keep under review fisheries schemes (sect. 4). Section 7 makes provision for fisheries access agreements and section 8 provides for fishing licences for foreign vessels. Other sections of Part I provide, among other things, for; local fishing vessel licences (11), commercial fishermen's licences (12), conditions of fishing licences (14), fees, royalties and other charges (15), registration of local fishing vessels (18), appeals (23), construction and alteration of fishing vessels (24), fisheries related research (26-28), prohibited fishing methods (29). Section 31 (Part II) prescribes certificates of inspection for local fishing vessels. The Minister may regulate matters specified in section 46. The Act is completed by 2 Schedules: Fisheries Advisory Committee (1) and repeals (2).
Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1998-07-27 (BRB-1998-R-87107)
Fisheries (Management) Regulations, 1998 (S.I. No. 102 of 1998).
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2000-06-01 (BRB-2000-L-87105)
Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 2000 (No. 8 of 2000).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line
Author
FAOLEX (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations)
URL
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/bar5073.pdf
File
BRB87104.pdf (PDF of Act as amended to L.R.O 2002)