" The transfer of a fishing licence or permit shall be subject to the approval of fisheries services and the payment of a tax, the rate of which shall be determined by the Finance Law. "

" The conditions of the transfer of fishing licences and permits shall be determined by decree. "

" 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. "

" All fishermen and fishing companies shall declare their catches in accordance with the conditions laid down by fisheries service. "

" 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. "

" No fishing vessel whose tonnage exceeds 250 gross registered tons may fish in Cameroon's territorial waters. "

" In public waterways, the total weight of fishing vessels may not exceed 10 gross registered tons. "

" Fishing gear and the characteristics of permissible nets, in particular, the mesh, shall be determined, for both marine and inland waters, by order of the minister in charge of fisheries. "

" In the area of industrial fishing, the minister in charge of fisheries may set up a Research and Compounding Committee in each Province. "

" A fine of, from 5, 000 to 50,000 CFA francs or imprisonment for up to 10 days or both. Such fine and imprisonment shall be imposed on whoever commits any of the following offences carrying out of activities not in conformity with the restrictions provided for in Section 6 on the right of ownership over forests or aquacultural establishments; contravention of the laws and regulations on exploitation rights provided tor in Sections 8, 26 and 36 above; - unauthorized importation or exportation of genetic material for personal use; - setting fire on a State forest, as provided for in Section 14 above; - trespassing within a State forest, as provided for in Section 26 above; - logging under personal authorization in a communal forest for gainful purposes, or - - - logging beyond the period or quantity granted, in contravention of Section 55(1) above, without prejudice to the damages for timber exploited as provided for in the Section below; - transfer or sale of a personal logging authorization, in contravention of Sections 42(2) and 60 above; - possession of a hunting implement within an area where hunting is forbidden; - provoking animals while on a visit to a game reserve or zoo; - contravention of the provisions on fishing as stipulated in Sections 121, 122, 131, 132 and 139 of this law; fishing without permission in an aquacultural establishment belonging to the State or to a council. "