The government amended the Regulation of fishing
Posted by Manuel Casal | Section Regulations
The Government approved (BOPA 102/22) the regulation of fishing , which repeals Regulation of fishing 5/3/08, to establish procedures for issuing fishing licenses and permits bounded Fishing sets the operation of the Monitoring Committee of Fisheries, which defines the species can be fished, regulates the conditions and requirements for the performance of different fishing methods and for the approval and development of fishing competitions, set the volume of catches and / or fishing by day and the minimum size of catch in the open water and bounded on the fishing.
One of the amendments to the regulations include the requirement to carry and use salabret for the practice of fishing, in order to limit the damage that may occur to the fish before returning them alive in water . The regulation of fishing on 5 March 2008, the practice of only limited release fishing using hooks without a harpoon or the harpoon crushed. The fishing license currently allows its owners to capture a maximum of 8 fish per day, regardless of whether they have been caught during a competition or not. At the request of the Andorran Federation of Fisheries has agreed not to include the captured pieces during the competition in the calculation of daily allowable catch per angler per day in order to allow fishermen to enjoy the rest of the day after fishing the competition. This is made possible by a certificate issued by the competition organizers.
Full text:
Ordinance amending the regulation of fishing on 5 March 2008
Reason
Having Government Act of 15 December 2000;
View the Fisheries Act and aquatic management on 28 June 2002;
Having regard to the regulation of fishing, 5 March 2008;
Given the need for several changes in terms of the concepts of the practice of fishing without death and the celebration of fishing competitions;
Seen that the Government has set the technical, administrative requirements and limitations for the exercise of fishing;
This Regulation lays down procedures for the issuing of fishing licenses and fishing permits bounded, sets the operation of the Monitoring Committee of Fisheries, which defines the species can be fished, regulates the conditions and requirements for the performance of different fishing methods and for the approval and development of fishing competitions, set the volume of catches and / or fishing by day and the minimum size of catch in the open water and bounded on fishing;
This Regulation repeals Regulation of fishing, 5 March 2008, and fully approved for reasons of legal certainty.
A proposal by the Minister of Territorial Planning, Environment and Agriculture Government at its meeting on 25 February 2010
Decrees
Sole Article
Approving an amendment to the regulation of fishing on 5 March 2008, which comes into force the day after being published in the Official Gazette of the Principality of Andorra.
Derogatory
Regulation is repealed fishing, 5 March 2008, and any provision of equal or inferior to oppose provisions of this Regulation.
Regulation amending the regulation of fishing
Chapter I. General Provisions
Article 1
The Ministry of Territorial Planning, Environment and Agriculture annually fixed amounts and types of fishing licenses.
Article 2
The licenses can be of two categories:
The season for fishing licenses, covering all periods of working for a fishing season.
The tourist fishing licenses, valid for a period of time limited within the fishing season.
Article 3
The seasonal fishing licenses are requested to Service Procedures for the Administration Building of the Government, or services of common procedures, during the official working days and hours to the public, on payment of 'amount.
Article 4
To complete the application for a seasonal fishing license must attach the following documentation:
One (1) photography in color 3.5 x 4.5 cm.
Copy of an official document of identity with the current address, for non-resident foreign fishermen.
Article 5
The seasonal fishing licenses can be collected the day following the favorable resolution of the request to Service Procedures where the request was submitted during the days and times to the public official.
Article 6
The tourist fishing licenses are issued by entities duly authorized by the Ministry of Territorial Planning, Environment and Agriculture.
Article 7
The tourist fishing licenses required to carry the identity of the holder and the duration of the license.
Article 8
The tourist fishing licenses are not valid without the stamp of the issuing entity in the place provided for this purpose. If the licenses provide for the location of the holder's photograph, the seal of the issuing entity must be affixed partly on the photograph.
Article 9
To obtain any fishing license is required to pay in advance the amount of membership fee Andorran Federation of Fishing.
Article 10
The Ministry of Territorial Planning, Environment and Agriculture sets annually the types and amounts of fishing permits bounded.
Article 11
Bounded fishing permits are issued by entities duly authorized by the Department of Agriculture and Natural Heritage.
Article 12
Fishing permits bounded necessarily contain the following information: the identity of the holder, the number of fishing license, the day of validity of the permit, the bounded fishing and the type of fish used.
Article 13
Bounded fishing permits are not valid without the stamp of the issuing entity in the place provided for this purpose.
Article 14
Entities that wish to issue tourist fishing licenses and / or permits have narrowed their request for registration in the registry of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Heritage through the application provided for that purpose. The lawsuit requested the Department of Agriculture and Natural Heritage.
Article 15
The issuing of tourist fishing licenses and / or permits bounded made a connection with the computer program of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Heritage. To identify the system, the Department of Agriculture and Natural Heritage provides the organization and a user password.
Article 16
Documents validated by the issuing entity in the system of government can not be canceled under any circumstances, and should be properly checked.
Article 17
In case of unavailability of the system, the Department of Agriculture and Natural Heritage provides each entity a checkbook printed on paper for issuing tourist fishing licenses and / or permits bounded.
These documents are issued must be manually entered into the computer system at the most 24 hours after the restoration of service.
Article 18
The loss, by the issuing entity, one of the receipts mentioned in the previous article, or part of this involves the consideration of selling the documents to its maximum.
Article 19
The Department of Agriculture and Natural Heritage recognized monthly license sales and tourist fishing permits bounded for each issuing entity.
Article 20
Forwarding entities receive ten (10%) percent of the total payment made by the Accounting Department of Agriculture and Natural Heritage to cover the cost of issuance.
Article 21
The Department of Agriculture and Natural Heritage monthly bill by the bank details provided by each entity, in accordance with the provisions of Article 20.
Article 22
Documents issued by the booklet mentioned in Article 17, and have not been entered into the computer system of government under the second paragraph thereof, are billed at the full value.
Chapter II. Monitoring Committee for Fisheries
Article 23
In accordance with Article 22 of the Fisheries Act and management of the aquatic environment, the Monitoring Committee of Fisheries consists of the following members:
a) / The President / to the Commission, by falling into / the Minister / Head of the fishery.
b) The / The Vice / to the Commission, by falling into / the president / at the Federation of Fishing.
c) / The director / Department of Environment.
d) The / The Head of the Natural Heritage
e) / The head of the Corps flag.
f) Two members appointed by the Andorran Federation of Fishing.
g) A representative associations of animal protection and defense of nature.
Article 24
The Chairman of the Monitoring Committee on Fisheries calls the meetings, propose the agenda and conduct meetings.
In the absence of Commission President, the Vice President said functions.
The Monitoring Committee of Fisheries appoints a secretary from among its representatives. The secretary takes minutes of meetings.
Article 25
The Monitoring Committee on Fisheries meets as often as necessary.
A third of the members of the Monitoring Committee for Fisheries may request the Chairman to call an extraordinary session.
Article 26
The quorum to constitute the Commission is set to a half of representatives. The decisions of the Monitoring Committee for Fisheries approved by simple majority.
Chapter III. Species can be fished
Article 27
The fish can be caught in the courses and water bodies of Andorra are the family Salmonidae.
Article 28
The aquatic species authorized to be fished, other than fish, according to Article 29 of the Fisheries Act and management of the aquatic environment, the common frog (Rana temporaria).
Chapter IV. Fishing season
Article 29
The Ministry of Territorial Planning, Environment and Agriculture annually establishes the fishing season setting the dates of opening and closing periods of working for fishing.
Article 30
The Ministry of Territorial Planning, Environment and Agriculture fixed working periods for fishing depending on the species to be fished, the type of water (free or subject to special arrangements), and the characteristics of the aquatic environment .
Article 31
The Ministry of Territorial Planning, Environment and Agriculture can not set one day a week working for fishing in open water, bounded on fishing and fishing in the sections without death.
Chapter V. Limitations on catches
Article 32
The Ministry of Territorial Planning, Environment and Agriculture sets the minimum length of fish, once caught, can be stored and transported.
Article 33
To determine the minimum length of the fario trout, once captured can be stored in areas where natural reproduction has been verified, the Ministry of Territorial Planning, Environment and Agriculture should take into account the size of females to sexual maturity. Females must be at least one potentially breeding spawning.
Article 34
The minimum length of fish that once captured can be stored, can be set depending on the type of water (free or subject to special arrangements), and the characteristics of the aquatic environment.
Article 35
The Ministry of Territorial Planning, Environment and Agriculture fixed in accordance with Article 33 the number of specimens of fish, once caught, can not keep back the water, and / or transported by person Day. This number can be set depending on the species to be fished, the type of water (free or subject to special arrangements), and the characteristics of the aquatic environment.
Article 36
The Ministry of Territorial Planning, Environment and Agriculture determines the number of copies of frog, once caught, can not keep back the water and transport per person per day.
Chapter VI. Release fishing and fishing education
Article 37
The mandatory release fishing is practiced with no hooks or with harpoon harpoon crushed, and is immediately returned alive to the water captured. All fish caught must be extracted from water with the help of a mandatory salabret. The holders of fishing licenses or permits of bounded release fishing should carry a mandatory salabret.
The lack of any of these requirements will be punished in accordance with the provisions in the Fisheries Act and aquatic environment management.
Article 38
The Ministry of Territorial Planning, Environment and Agriculture annually fixed and bounded stretches of release fishing.
Article 39
The Ministry of Territorial Planning, Environment and Agriculture annually fixed systems for unauthorized practice of release fishing in each section bounded or without death.
Article 40
The fishing is practiced in the educational bounded intensive fishing and fishing with any system authorized.
Article 41
Only be fished with the educational system of fishing holders of fishing licenses under 10 and under 14, and the corresponding educational fishing permit bounded.
Chapter VII. Fishing competitions
Article 42
In accordance with Article 12 of the Fisheries Act and aquatic environment management, the Ministry of Territorial Planning, Environment and Agriculture may temporarily allocate sections or bodies of water, free or subject to special arrangements to celebration of sports fishing, and where you can take steps to organize competitions.
Article 43
Entities that wish to organize sports fishing should send the request to the Department of Agriculture and Natural Heritage.
The demand must include:
The organizer;
The identification of river, lake or pond;
The boundaries stretch from the river or the lake;
The date or dates when the competition is;
The characteristics of the competition and the type of fishing;
The day or days of training, if applicable, and the number of participants;
The need, if any, of restocking fish.
Article 44
After analyzing the request, the Ministry of Territorial Planning, Environment and Agriculture authorized, if necessary, holding the fishing contest. Also take appropriate measures for proper development of the test.
Article 45
The organizer of a fishing contest is authorized to include the collaboration of the Ministry in all documents issued to mark the event. In this sense and in visible and prominent, must include the text "With the collaboration of the Ministry of Territorial Planning, Environment and Agriculture," according to the approved model, the visual identification of the signal Government of Andorra.
Article 46
In the event that the contest allows authorized the conservation of fish caught, the number of specimens captured during the development of competition will not be counted in the number of specimens of fish can be kept without returning to the water, and / or transport per person per day established in accordance with Article 35 of this regulation. In this sense, the organizer of the contest shall issue a document should include the nominative where the number of catches made during the contest.
Chapter VIII. Waters under special arrangements
Article 47
The Ministry of Territorial Planning, Environment and Agriculture annually sets the boundaries of fishing, fishing and bounded stages of release fishing.
Article 48
The Ministry of Territorial Planning, Environment and Agriculture annually fixed for each fishing bounded bounded type and volume of catches and / or fishing allowed per day.
Chapter IX. Management plans
Article 49
According to the fifth and sixth paragraphs of Article 24 of the Fisheries Act and aquatic environment management, the Ministry of Territorial Planning, Environment and Agriculture can develop specific management plans for specific areas, of According to the particularities of each region.
Article 50
The Ministry of Territorial Planning, Environment and Agriculture sets the protection levels and the criteria for determining the basis of utilization of each area, such as maximum amount of catch or other measures necessary for conservation and the use of existing fish species.
Which is published for general knowledge.
Andorra la Vella, 25 February 2010
James Bartumeu Cassany
Head of Government
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