Cap. 425 Art. 7Record of local fishing vessels.

(1) The Director shall maintain a record of local fishing vessels including the beneficial owners, licence holders, masters, and crew thereof.

(2) A person who intends to use a local fishing vessel for fishing may apply in the prescribed manner to the Director for registration in the record of fishing vessels.

(3) A vessel shall not be recorded under this article unless -

(a) it has been registered under the Merchant Shipping

Act, if it is so required by law;

(b) the vessel carries such identification markings as may be prescribed;

(c) the vessel carries such equipment and complies with such other requirements as shall be prescribed;

(d) the owner of the vessel has supplied such information or complied with such other requirements or regulations as may be prescribed.

(4) The Director may cancel an entry in the record of fishing vessels under this article if any of the requirements of subarticle (3) cease to be satisfied by the vessel entered in the record, but shall restore such entry on being satisfied that the failure has been remedied.

(5) The certificate of entry in the record of local fishing vessels shall, subject to subarticle (4), be valid for one year and shall be renewable.