Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires“Authority” means the Coastal Zone Management Authority established under section 3; “Board” means the Authority’s Board of Directors established under section 14; “Chief Executive Officer” means the Authority’s Chief Executive Officer appointed under section 11; “coastal waters” means the sea, as that term is defined herein, and those waters adjacent of the landward line of the adjoining land, or of land connected permanently or intermittently with the sea, which contain a measurable quantity of seawater, including but not limited to sounds, bays, lagoons, ponds and estuaries; “coastal zone” includes the area bounded by the shoreline up to the mean high water-mark on its landward side and by the outer limit of the territorial sea on its seaward side, including all coastal waters; 6 “coastal zone management” includes the conservation of the Barrier Reef and other coastal resources, and the planning, management and sustainable development of resources within the coastal zone; “Council” means the Advisory Council established under section 6; “Director” means the Director of the Coastal Zone Management Institute appointed under section 13; Sub. Leg. R.E. 1991, Vol. IV. CAP. 174 p.7 “fish” means any of the species of fish specified in Schedule V of the Fisheries Regulations; “Institute” means the Coastal Zone Management Institute established under section 8; “Minister” means the Minister for the time being responsible for fisheries; “sea” means the Caribbean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, and all areas subject to tidal action through any connection with the Caribbean Sea or the Atlantic Ocean, including but not limited to harbours, bays, channels, estuaries, salt ponds and marshes, but excluding streams, tributaries, creeks, and flood control and drainage channels; “sports fishing” means fishing for recreational purposes only without the intention of selling the fish. 7