General Notice in terms of section 16 of the Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 regarding an emergency in the linefish sector (Notice No. R. 4727 of 2000).

With this Notice, the Minister of Agriculture declares an emergency in respect of the linefish sector as defined by the Regulations G.N. R. 1111 of 1998. This Notice introduces some restrictions on fishing in order to protect fish stocks. The measures here introduced include: reduction of the Total Applied Effort in linefish to 450 vessels with a total of 3450 crew; no granting of line fishing rights to a person who holds a commercial fishing right in respect of any other sector of the fishing industry; hake fishing and tuna fishing will not be considered to be included in the linefishing sector but will form separate sectors of the fishing industry.