Regulations

(1) The Minister may make such regulations as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Act. (2) Without, limiting the generality of sub-section (1), regulations made pursuant to this section may provide for all or any of the following– (a) measures for licensing and regulation of fisheries or any particular fishery or area under managed access, including the prohibition of specific activities in any designated fishery or area, any fishing gear as well as the establishment of closed seasons and size limits; (b) prescribing the criteria and conditions for the allocation or distribution of total allowable catch; (c) measures of the licensing, authorization or registration in respect of any vessel or class or category of vessels to be used for fishing, or any other purpose pursuant to this Act, including the form, issuance requirements, 92 Fisheries Resources grounds for denial, terms and conditions and fees, charges, royalties, and other forms of compensation related to such licensing, authorization or registration; (d) licensing, authorization or registration in respect of any fisherman or class of fisherman, the operation of, and conditions and procedures to be observed by any fishing vessel while in the fisheries waters; (e) defining the conditions or circumstances under which Belize fishing vessels may be chartered; (f) providing for the installation and use of mobile transceiver units on an individual vessel or a category of vessels authorized to fish under this Act; (g) setting out the requirements for providing details of the beneficial ownership of vessels for the catching, loading, landing, handling, transshipping, transporting, possession and disposal of fish; (h) for the import and export of fish and fish products; (i) the importation or prohibiting of importation of any exotic or invasive aquatic species and the prevention of the introduction to the wild of such species; (j) the collection and marketing of aquarium fish; (k) prohibiting the use of driftnets, trawling and bottom trawling and shark finning; Fisheries Resources [CAP. 210 93 (l) regulating or prohibiting the use of self- contained underwater breathing apparatus; (m) requiring the provision of statistical and other information related to fisheries; (n) the installation, upkeep, and protection of devices that delimit marine and inland reserves and areas protected under this Act; (o) regulating or prohibiting fishing for certain stocks or species needing special protection; (p) regulating non-commercial fishing, but not limited to– (i) issuing of permits for categories of non-commercial fishing, including but not limited to recreational fishing; (ii) prescribing conditions for permits; (iii) declaring bag limits, fishing seasons, fishing gears, fishing areas and list of species to be fished for this purpose; or (iv) establishing fines and penalties, (q) designation and regulation of landing sites; (r) regulating test fishing, scientific research, bio- prospecting; (s) regulating underwater filming, use of underwater equipment etc.; (t) the for the process of development and the contents of any 94 Fisheries Resources management plan, and the procedures to be followed in their implementation; (u) providing for the management, licensing and control of mariculture, including– (i) the species which may be farmed; (ii) the preparation of a mariculture plan by an applicant seeking to set up a mariculture facility; (iii) the establishment of zones in which only certain types of mariculture activities can occur; (v) prescribing offences against the regulations and penalties for such offences; (w) prescribing fees; (x) prescribing any other matter which is required or authorized to be prescribed by this Act; (y) declaring priority areas; or (z) the Management of marine or inland reserves or fishery areas. (3) Regulations made under this section may provide that a contravention thereof shall be punishable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand dollars or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year, or to both. Fisheries Resources [CAP. 210 95