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" The following shall be forbidden : a) the use of trawlers or fishing vessels equipped with trawling gear within a 3 nautical mile zone of the basic line fixed by decree; b) the use, for any type of fishing, of any material likely to obstruct the mesh of nets or having the effect of reducing their selective action, and no accessory equipment may be placed at the interior of fishing nets. Protective devices may be permitted if such devices have a dimension of more than two times that of the authorised mesh and are placed on the upper part of the net and not behind the net; c) the use for fishing of any diving suit equipped with a respiratory device; d) the presence on board a fishing vessel of respiratory equipment such as a diving suit, a harpoon or of a dangerous fishing weapon, except as a safety precaution; e) the use for fishing of explosives, chemicals, poisons or other noxious substances, electrical currents or headlamps, fire-arms, light or automatic traps or any other devices likely to destroy aquatic fauna and the aquatic environment; f) the construction of dams, embankments, large channels or port facilities without the prior approval of fisheries services. g) the pouring or discharging into the aquatic environment of toxic or noxious materials such as industrial, agricultural or domestic waste and pollutants (pesticides, ferti1izers, sediments, detergents); h) the destruction of the environment within a distance of 50 metres along a water course or over a radius of 100 metres around its source; i) the presence on board a fishing vessel of any fishing nets, whose mesh sizes do not conform to prescribed standards and ensure the protection of species; j) the presence on board a fishing vessel of any destructive devices or of substances that are capable of stunning or disabling fish, as well as any other materials and devices capable of reducing or obstructing the meshes of fishing nets; k) the export of any fishing resource without the prior approval of the services in charge of fisheries; l) the introduction into Cameroon of foreign living fishery resources; m) the capture, sale or possession of any protected fishery resources appearing on a list established by fisheries services, n) fishing in closed areas forbidden by fisheries services."
DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE
➡ the side of a body of water and the land near it.
➡ a barrier built across a river or stream to prevent water from flowing through thereby forming a reservoir
➡ a waterproof suit used by divers , having a heavy detachable helmet and an air supply via a tube
➡ Refers to the joint France-Cote d´Ivoire-Senegal fleet that targets tropical tunas off Africa.
➡ Désigne la flotte commune France-Côte d'IvoireSénégal qui cible les thons tropicaux au large de l'Afrique.
➡ harvest of uncultured fish from water bodies.
➡ cold-blooded aquatic vertebrate with gills, no digits, and no limbs other than fins which swims by using its fins and tail.
➡ Services in charge of processing documents in the fisheries sector in a Country. Equally includes all services, enterprises, companies, etc. carrying out fisheries related activities.
➡ any activity related to the culture, management, harvest, processing or marketing of aquatic animals (finfish, shellfish, molluscs, crustaceans, etc.) or plants (seaweeds, alga, etc.).
➡ Any harvestable natural or cultured living resource (fish, crustaceans, molluscs and algae) from marine, estuarine and fresh water environments, living in the water or on the seabed (sedentary organisms).
➡ Sector or activity of harvesting fish from the wild.
➡ A fishing vessel shall be any boat, no matter its size, that is used in activities connected with fisheries.
➡ a long, spear-like weapon used to hunt large fish or marine mammals, such as whales
➡ Grande nappe d’eau naturelle, généralement douce, ou (plus rarement) salée, entourée de terre
➡ Immense étendue d’eau salée qui couvre une grande partie de la Terre, un des éléments de base de la Terre. Sel, eau de mer.
➡ a type of material made from wires or threads that are woven like a net, especially only allowing liquid to pass through.
➡ Mesh size shall be defined in relationship to the bag of a net to mean the dimension of one of the open spaces between the cords of a net taken or measured at the 50th space or wet and out-stretched net, or any dimension of a consecutive 50th space of the net measured when the net is under normal pressure, wet and stretched out.
➡ connected with ships, sailors and sailing, seamanship, marine navigation.
➡ a unit used in measuring distances at sea, equal to 1,852 metres (approximately 2,025 yards), or one minute of arc along the Earth’s equator.
➡ a type of fishing implement or material that is made of string, thread or wire twisted or tied together (netting) or interwoven rope, wire, etc. forming meshes of suitable size especially used to catch fish or other aquatic animals.
➡ Someone who fishes using a fishing trawler
➡ a liquid without colour, smell or taste that falls as rain, is in lakes, rivers and seas, and is used for drinking, washing, etc
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