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NtM No5 of 2008 - Conservation area around wrecks
The Veterinary Regulation and Fisheries Conservation and Control within the VAFD has set a number of conservation areas around wrecks. These are considered as "NO STOPPING AREAS". Anchoring is allowed to divers' vessels only after pre-notification to the Valletta VTS. Masters of diving support vessels are to ensure that collisions at sea and international code of signals, are shown at all times. Furthermore, spear fishing and the use of fishing gear such as set bottom lines, trammel nets, gill nets and entangling nets, encircling nets, demersal pots and traps are prohibited in these areas. Only surface fishing is allowed including trolling lines (rixa) and angling for pelagic fish. (Other charts affected).This data was funded by of one of the co-financed EU LIFE+ Funding Programmes - LIFE BaĦAR for N2K project.
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- Date (Publication)
- 2023-04-17
- Date (Revision)
- 2024-08-14
- Date (Creation)
- 2023-04-17
- Citation identifier
- haleconnect.com/031aee79-2bfe-4190-b388-38b5b19ac943
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Point of contact
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- Other restrictions
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- Other restrictions
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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- Vector
- Language
- English
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- Location
- Biota
- Environment
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- ETRS89
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1.0
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Protocol Linkage Name https://haleconnect.com/ows/services/org.1261.1ea70633-7954-4a2c-86e5-f639bb2bf3bd_wfs?SERVICE=WFS&Request=GetCapabilities
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Protocol Linkage Name https://haleconnect.com/ows/services/org.1261.1ea70633-7954-4a2c-86e5-f639bb2bf3bd_wms?SERVICE=WMS&Request=GetCapabilities
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- Dataset
- Other
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dataset
Domain consistency
- Measure identification
- INSPIRE Data Specification on Area Management/Restriction/Regulation Zones and Reporting Units - Technical Guidelines
Conformance result
- Title
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INSPIRE Data Specification on Area Management/Restriction/Regulation Zones and Reporting Units - Technical Guidelines
- Date (Publication)
- 2013-12-10
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
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- Yes
Domain consistency
- Measure identification
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Conformance result
- Statement
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This was issued by Malta Maritime Authority (today known as Transport Malta) on 17/01/2008
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- 8d4162d1-e23f-46e4-9063-f00376778a4e XML
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- English
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- UTF8
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- Dataset
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Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2024-08-14
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ISO 19115
- Metadata standard version
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2003
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
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