" Fishing permits shall be of four types : Permit A - the permit for semi-industrial fishing; Permit B - the permit for sport fishing; Permit C - the permit for profit-making small-scale fishing; Permit D - the permit for fisheries research. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Exceptions may be made, if need be, to the provisions of Section 127 above by fisheries services. "

" 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. "

" No aquacultural establishment may be constructed on public or private State or national land, by deviating the course of a river, without the issue of a permit by fisheries services. The conditions for issuing any such permit shall be determined by decree. "

" Fisheries services shall be responsible for the running of fish stations and fish breeding centres in the public waterways and coastlands. "

" Quality norms shall be set by order of the minister in charge of fisheries. "

" 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. "