" Irrespective of the fiscal provisions applicable to him, no exploiter of fishery resources and no exploiter or processor of fishery products shall be exempted from the payment of corresponding fishing taxes and/or duties. "

" Prohibitions may be placed on the right to fish in accordance with the conditions determined by decree in order to : protect fauna, aquatic environments and traditional fishery operations, and maintain fish production at an acceptable level . "

" The following shall be forbidden : a) the use of trawlers or fishing vessels equipped with trawling gear within a 3 nautical mile zone of the basic line fixed by decree; b) the use, for any type of fishing, of any material likely to obstruct the mesh of nets or having the effect of reducing their selective action, and no accessory equipment may be placed at the interior of fishing nets. Protective devices may be permitted if such devices have a dimension of more than two times that of the authorised mesh and are placed on the upper part of the net and not behind the net; c) the use for fishing of any diving suit equipped with a respiratory device; d) the presence on board a fishing vessel of respiratory equipment such as a diving suit, a harpoon or of a dangerous fishing weapon, except as a safety precaution; e) the use for fishing of explosives, chemicals, poisons or other noxious substances, electrical currents or headlamps, fire-arms, light or automatic traps or any other devices likely to destroy aquatic fauna and the aquatic environment; f) the construction of dams, embankments, large channels or port facilities without the prior approval of fisheries services. g) the pouring or discharging into the aquatic environment of toxic or noxious materials such as industrial, agricultural or domestic waste and pollutants (pesticides, ferti1izers, sediments, detergents); h) the destruction of the environment within a distance of 50 metres along a water course or over a radius of 100 metres around its source; i) the presence on board a fishing vessel of any fishing nets, whose mesh sizes do not conform to prescribed standards and ensure the protection of species; j) the presence on board a fishing vessel of any destructive devices or of substances that are capable of stunning or disabling fish, as well as any other materials and devices capable of reducing or obstructing the meshes of fishing nets; k) the export of any fishing resource without the prior approval of the services in charge of fisheries; l) the introduction into Cameroon of foreign living fishery resources; m) the capture, sale or possession of any protected fishery resources appearing on a list established by fisheries services, n) fishing in closed areas forbidden by fisheries services. "

" The construction permit may 1ay down restrictions ta ensure the conservation, proper management and optimum exploitation of fishery resources. Such restrictions may concern in particular: - the layout and the characteristics of construction; - management; - the control of the quality of the products and health conditions. "

" No person may expose, prepare, distribute, store or transport for sale any fishery products which have not for sale any fishery products which have not been subject to sanitary inspection. "

" The purpose of the sanitary inspection referred to in Section 137 above shall be to: - ensure compliance with the official nomenclature set out for marketable species; - ensure compliance with the minimum marketable size of species; - check the source of the catch; and - ensure that fishery products are good for consumption. "

" Fishery products shall be processed, preserved and transported in accordance with the norms in force. "

" Vehicles meant for the transportation of fishery products shall first undergo 3 technical inspection under conditions laid down by an order of the minister in charge of fisheries. "

" The sworn officials of forestry, wildlife, fishery and Merchant Shipping services shall be judicial police officers having special jurisdiction as concerns forestry, wildlife and fisheries. Without prejudice to the recognized duties of judicial police officers having general jurisdiction, such officials shall establish facts and seize products collected without authorization and the objects used ta commit the offences, and write a report thereon. Such report shall be exempt from stamp duty and registration formalities. "

" The sworn officials of forestry, wildlife, fishery and Merchant Shipping services and judicia1 police officers having general jurisdiction shall, forthwith, and as the case may be, forward their reports to their superiors. "