" Fishing gear and the characteristics of permissible nets, in particular, the mesh, shall be determined, for both marine and inland waters, by order of the minister in charge of fisheries."
DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE
β‘ Refers to the joint France-Cote dΒ΄Ivoire-Senegal fleet that targets tropical tunas off Africa.
β‘ harvest of uncultured fish from water bodies.
β‘ cold-blooded aquatic vertebrate with gills, no digits, and no limbs other than fins which swims by using its fins and tail.
β‘ person who engages in fishing activities, or is employed or engaged in any capacity or carrying out an occupation on board any fishing vessel, including persons working on board who are paid on the basis of a share of the catch but excluding pilots, naval personnel, other persons in the permanent service of a government, shore-based persons carrying out work aboard a fishing vessel and fisheries observers.
β‘ Sector or activity of harvesting fish from the wild.
β‘ Any tool, device, equipment, implement or appliance used to capture, catch, collect or harvest living aquatic resources (aquatic animals and plants).
β‘ river, lake, estuary, stream, tank, pool, pound, channel, lagoon, brook and any other public areas of fresh or blackish water, not subject to tidal influence.
β‘ a type of material made from wires or threads that are woven like a net, especially only allowing liquid to pass through.
β‘ Head of a nation's ministry or paramount department in charge of fisheries.
β‘ 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.
β‘ a liquid without colour, smell or taste that falls as rain, is in lakes, rivers and seas, and is used for drinking, washing, etc