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" A fine of 1,000,000 CFA francs or imprisonment for from six months to 1 year or both such fine and imprisonment shall be imposed on whoever commits any of the following offences : - exploitation by sale of standing volume in a State forest beyond the felling plan fixed and/or the volume and period granted, in contravention of Section 45(1) above, without prejudice to damages for the timber exploited :as provided for in Section 158 below; - fraudulent forest exploitation by a sub-contractor operating in a State forest under a sub-contracting agreement, in contravention of Section 51(2), without prejudice to damages for timber exploited as provided for in Section 158 below; - contravention of the provisions on fisheries stipulated in Section 127(a), (j) and (m) of this law"
DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE
➡ a barrier built across a river or stream to prevent water from flowing through thereby forming a reservoir
➡ 1) to cut off the fins (from a fish). The practice of removing fins and discarding the carcass, usually pertaining to sharks. 2) of a marine animal) to show fins above the water — Saw was frightened as the sharks finned around the boat
➡ a thin, flat appendage on the body of a fish or other aquatic animal that helps manoeuvre the body through the water.
➡ Refers to the joint France-Cote d´Ivoire-Senegal fleet that targets tropical tunas off Africa.
➡ harvest of uncultured fish from water bodies.
➡ cold-blooded aquatic vertebrate with gills, no digits, and no limbs other than fins which swims by using its fins and tail.
➡ large area of land bigger than half a hectare (5 000m2) covered with trees higher than 5 meters and a tree canopy cover of more than 10 %, or with trees that will be able to meet these criteria.
➡ a nation's forest as a whole - all forests under the jurisdiction of a particular nation.
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