SEA FISHERIES ACT

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SEA FISHERIES ACT

CHAPTER S4 LAWS OF THE FEDERATION, L.F.N. 2004

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1.     Licensing of motor fishing boats.

2.     Unlicensed motor fishing boat enjoying innocent passage.

3.     Application for a licence.

4.     Grounds for issue of a licence, etc.

5.     Operating with expired licence.

6.     Renewal of a licence.

7.     Appeals.

8.     Returns.

9.     Enforcement of the Act.

10.    Prohibited method of fishing.

11.    Offences.

12.    False statement.

13.    Forfeiture, etc.

14.    Regulations.

15.    Interpretation.

16.    Repeal and transitional provisions.

17.    Short title.

SEA FISHERIES ACT

An Act to provide for the control, regulation and protection of sea fisheries in the territorial waters of Nigeria.

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[ Commencement.] [30th November, 1992]     

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1.      Licensing of motor fishing boats

(1)    Subject to the provisions of this section, no person shall operate or navigate any motor fishing boat for the purpose of fishing or a reefer vessel for the purpose of discharging frozen fish within the territorial waters of Nigeria or its exclusive economic zone, unless that boat or reefer vessel has been duly registered and licensed.

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