Grenada

Spear guns. (1) No person who is not a citizen of Grenada may use a spear gun in the fishery waters except with the permission of the Chief Fisheries Officer in accordance with such conditions as he may specify. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-regulation (1) no person shall use a spear gun for fishing in the fishery waters while using with such SCUBA or Hookah equipment.

Scuba and Hookah. (1) A person shall apply in writing to the Chief Fisheries Officer for permission to operate a SCUBA or Hookah diving facility or a Scuba tank filling facility. (2) No person shall operate a SCUBA or Hookah diving facility or a SCUBA tank filling facility without a licence as set out in schedule 14 of these regulations. (3) No person who is not a registered commercial diver shall use SCUBA or hookah equipment in the fishery waters except through and under the supervision of a licenced SCUBA or hookah operator. (4) SCUBA diving means diving with equipment which allow the user to remain submerged for a prolonged period of time without surface air supply. (5) Hookah diving means diving with equipment that allow the user to remain submerged for a prolonged period of time with surface air supply.

Lobster. (1) In this regulation "undersized" means: (a) less than 250 millimeter (9.8 inches) in length when laid flat and measured from immediately behind the rostral horns and to the near edge of the telson or a carapace length of less than 95 millimeters (3.7 inches) measured from immediately behind the rostral horns to the maximum concavity of the near edge of the carapace as illustrated in schedule 10 of these regulations; or (b) less than 680 grams (1 1/2 pounds) in weight; or (c) having a tail weighing less than 340 grams (12 ounces). (2) No person shall harm, take, have in his possession, sell or purchase (a) any lobster carrying eggs; or (b) any lobster which is undersize; or (c) any lobster which is moulting. (3) No person shall capture any lobster other than by hand, loop, trap or pot.

Conch. (1) No person shall take, sell, purchase or have in his possession any "immature conch". (2) The Minister may by notice published in the Gazette and in a newspaper printed or circulated in the State declare any period as a closed season for conch. (3) No person shall fish for conch during the period of the closed season. (4) In this Regulation, "immature conch" means (a) a conch the shell of which is smaller than 18 centimeters (9 1/4 inches) in length; or (b) a conch the shell of which does not have a flared lip; or (c) a conch with a total meat weight of less than 255 grams (8 ounces) after the removal of the digestive gland. The Regulation relates to the Queen conch, Strombus Gigas.

Offences and penalties. Save as otherwise provided in these Regulations any person contravening any of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 5000 dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

6. General prohibitions in Marine Protected Areas (1) A person who in a Marine Protected Area— (a) takes any animal or plant by any method on land or at sea, except to the extent permitted in any fishing zone; (b) destroys, damages or injures any animal or plant; ... (h) dives using SCUBA or snorkel equipment, unless the person is, or is under the supervision of, a qualified diver; ... commits an offence. (2) Subject to regulation 12, no person, other than a warden acting in the course of his or her duties, may use or have in his or her possession within a Marine Protected Area any firearm, air gun, spear gun or any other weapon, except that the owner of a yacht may carry a weapon on board the yacht for the protection of the yacht or persons on board, in conformity with the Firearms Act, Chapter 105.

8. Marine reserves (1) Subject to regulations 6 and 11 and subregulation (2), access to a marine reserve is open to all persons by land but is prohibited by sea except with the written permission of the Authority. (2) A person must not dive from the shore of a marine reserve except with the written permission of the Authority. (3) Fishing from the shore or from a vessel is not permitted in a marine reserve. (4) A person who enters a marine reserve by sea contrary to subregulation (1) or who contravenes subregulation (2) or (3) commits an offence.