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L.N. 53 of 1972 SEA FISHERIES DECREE 1971 (1971 No. 30) Sea Fisheries (Fishing) Regulations 1972 Commencement: 15th August 1972 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 11 (1) of the Sea Fisheries Decree 1971, and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I, Josaiah Onyebuchi Johnson Okezie, hereby make the following Regulations : 1. No vessels (except canoes) shall fish within the first two nautical miles of the waters of the Nigerian continental shelf. ( 2. Trawlers shall not use a codend with stretch mesh size of less than 3 inches (76 rom) when trawling for fish in the inshore …