" Any fishing offence committed by a foreign vessel shal1 be punished with a fine of from 50,000,000 to 100,000,000 CFA francs."
DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE
β‘ 1) to cut off the fins (from a fish). The practice of removing fins and discarding the carcass, usually pertaining to sharks. 2) of a marine animal) to show fins above the water β Saw was frightened as the sharks finned around the boat
β‘ a thin, flat appendage on the body of a fish or other aquatic animal that helps manoeuvre the body through the water.
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‘ Sector or activity of harvesting fish from the wild.
β‘ Any water-navigable craft (canoe, boat, ship, hovercraft water board or other water going craft ) of any type whatsoever, whether self-propelled or not, used or designed to be used in navigation.