The ban on drones and remote-controlled boats is viewed as a win for marine conservation efforts by the environment department
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.According to the department, a variety of illegal motorised devices were being used by recreational anglers to “illegally catch fish as well as sharks”.
They had sought an order that a declarator be issued that the use of drones, bait-carrying remote controlled boats and other remotely operated devices are not prohibited in terms of the Act and the published regulations. As the respondents in the matter, the deputy director general and the minister contended that the public notice does not amount to a new law and it was a notification to the public that the use of such motorised devices are not permitted when undertaking recreational angling.
Middleton and the minister contended that recreational fishing was recognised as a discreet fishing category, subject to the acquisition of a recreational fishing permit, which was then endorsed with the type or method of fishing permitted and angling fell within this definition. “The respondents contend that a permit for recreational fishing endorsed for angling authorises only fishing by manually operating a rod, reel and line. They point out that a method for ‘recreational angling’ is clearly defined in very specific terms as the ‘manual operation’ of a rod, reel or line.” Thus this definition implicitly excludes the use of remote-controlled, motorised equipment, such as drones.
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