Guam

All forms of fishing, and the taking or altering of aquatic life, living or dead coral and any resources to include, but not limited to, mangroves, seagrass, sand, and rocks within a preserve, is unlawful except as specifically permitted by the Director of Agriculture through regulations. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 28-107:4 (April 14, 2006).

The purpose of the marine preserve is to protect, preserve, manage, and conserve aquatic life, habitat, and marine communities and ecosystems, and to ensure the health, welfare and integrity of marine resources for current and future generations by managing, regulating, restricting, or prohibiting activities to include, but not limited to, fishing, development, human uses. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 28-107:3 (April 14, 2006).

Fish may be taken by lawful means at any time except as prohibited by regulation made under § 63127; provided, however, that it shall be unlawful for any person to place or maintain a drag net (Chenchulu or tekin) within Agana Boat Basin proper; and further provided that angling and cast net (talaya) fishing are the only approved methods of fishing within the Agana Boat Basin proper and within fifty feet of the western edge of the Agana Boat Basin channel ...

(i) Juvenile Goatfish (Ti'ao) - is defined as fish within the family Mullidae (Goatfishes) that are four (4) inches (100 mm) or smaller when measured from the tip of the snout or jaw to the rear center edge or fork of the tail (fork length); (j) Juvenile Jacks (I'e') - is defined as fish within the family Carangidae (Jacks) that are four (4) inches (100 mm) or smaller when measured from the tip of the snout or jaw to the rear center edge or fork of the tail (fork length); (k) Juvenile Rabbitfish (Manahak) - is defined as fish within the family Siganidae (Rabbitfishes) that are three (3) inches (76 mm) or smaller when measured from the tip of the snout or jaw to the rear center edge or fork of the tail (fork length);

Any person violating § 63104, § 63105, § 63106, § 63107, or § 63108 of this Article is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment of not more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500), nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), or by both. ... A violation of any other provision of this Article or its supporting regulations shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50), nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500), or by imprisonment of not more than ninety (90) days, or by both fine and imprisonment.

PARAPHRASE (full statutory text of § 63116.3 was not retrievable from an official source; this summarizes the bill as reported): It is unlawful to take any fish with a spear or any other device used for the purpose of taking fish while using SCUBA, as defined in § 63101(dd). The definition of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus covers compressed air or a mixture of air and gas (including Nitrox), and surface-supplied air and rebreathers. Violators are guilty of a felony punishable by up to five years in prison, or a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $5,000, or a combination of imprisonment and fines. The bill was Bill 53-35 (Sen. Sabina Perez), signed into law 20 March 2020.