New Stickers: Fisheries Regulations 2010

The Minister of Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Strategy Walter Roban announced the production of new Fisheries stickers which outline the Fisheries Regulations 2010 concerning minimum sizes for fish, bag limits, protected species, lobster diving, spear fishing and general regulations.

New regulations on the stickers include the requirement to land all fish with the skin on and that regulated species are landed whole, as well as various “minimum size restrictions”. Of note on the stickers are the increased minimum sizes for hogfish (45cm), black grouper (95cm) and Wahoo (7lbs).

Pictured below are Senior Marine Resources Officer Dr. Tammy Trott and Marine Resources Officer, Dr. Joanna Pitt:

“The stickers are also a measuring device and are designed to be stuck directly on a cooler so that fishermen have a ready means of determining the size of the fish that they catch,” explained Senior Marine Resources Officer Dr. Tammy Trott. “It is our hope that people will utilize these stickers to measure their fish and subsequently release any fish that do not meet minimum legal sizes. This will allow more fish the chance to reproduce and replenish our fish stocks”.

The new stickers are white, unlike their predecessors which were yellow, and are currently available free of charge at the Environmental Protection offices – both the Coney Island and Botanical Gardens locations – and also at the Marine Locker, at PWs Marine, and at Fly Bridge Tackle.

Minister Roban said: “I am encouraging both recreational and professional fishermen to obtain these stickers. They will help ensure proper Fisheries practices are utilized and that nobody is left in the dark about these new Regulations.”

Government said that with the arrival of 2011 Fisheries Wardens will now be actively enforcing the Fishing Regulations 2010.

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