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Decree No. 1653 of 2004 to protect vulnerable habitats in international navigable waters.

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This Decree prohibits the fishing with bottom trawl or net or longline in specified areas in order to reduce damage caused by fisheries to vulnerable habitats and thus to improve restocking and indirectly fisheries. Bottom trawl means here a trawl that catches the fish from below and may touch during fishing the bottom of the sea. Penalties are prescribed. (5 articles)
Title
Decree No. 1653 of 2004 to protect vulnerable habitats in international navigable waters.
Country
Norway
Type of document
Regulation
Date of text
2007
Data source
FAO, FAOLEX
Glossary term(s)
fishing method
ECOLEX region
Europe
Northern Europe
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX
Attached files
Microsoft Office document icon http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/texts/nor51921.doc
Link to full text
http://www.lovdata.no
Implements
Act No. 40 of 1983 relating to sea-water fisheries.