REGULATIONS MADE IN TERMS OF Marine Resources Act 27 of 2000 section 61(1) Regulations to Reduce Incidental By-Catch of Seabirds in the Hake Demersal Trawl Vessels Government Notice 269 of 2015 (GG 5877) came into force on date of publication: 19 November 2015 ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS 1. Definitions 2. Deployment of bird scaring lines 3. Bird scaring line design 4. Streamer lines 5. Offences and penalties Definitions 1. In these regulations, any expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act bears that meaning and, unless the context otherwise indicates - scaring lines attached to a high point on the stern of a vessel to which “bird line” means long streamers are attached which interfere with birds attempting to reach the baited longline or trawl net below; means on or near the bottom of the sea, on or near the continental shelf, on or near “demersal” the continental slope and along the continental line, depending on the depth range of the sea territory concerned; means the nautical term for a thick cable or rope used in mooring or towing a “hawser rope” vessel; means a braided or sheathed rope constructed with its interior core protected by “kernmantle” woven exterior sheath; and means nautical terms referring to the left and right sides respectively “port side” “starboard” of a vessel as perceived by a person on board facing the front of the vessel; means strands of brightly coloured line attached to bird scaring lines at regular “streamers” spaced intervals;
REGULATIONS MADE IN TERMS OF Marine Resources Act 27 of 2000 section 61(1) Regulations to Reduce Incidental By-Catch of Seabirds in the Hake Demersal Trawl Vessels Government Notice 269 of 2015 (GG 5877) came into force on date of publication: 19 November 2015 ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS 1. Definitions 2. Deployment of bird scaring lines 3. Bird scaring line design 4. Streamer lines 5. Offences and penalties Definitions 1. In these regulations, any expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act bears that meaning and, unless the context otherwise indicates - “bird scaring line” means long lines attached to a high point on the stern of a vessel to which streamers are attached which interfere with birds attempting to reach the baited longline or trawl net below; “demersal” means on or near the bottom of the sea, on or near the continental shelf, on or near the continental slope and along the continental line, depending on the depth range of the sea territory concerned; “hawser rope” means the nautical term for a thick cable or rope used in mooring or towing a vessel; “kernmantle” means a braided or sheathed rope constructed with its interior core protected by woven exterior sheath; “port side” and “starboard” means nautical terms referring to the left and right sides respectively of a vessel as perceived by a person on board facing the front of the vessel; “streamers” means strands of brightly coloured line attached to bird scaring lines at regular spaced intervals;