Sentence examples for minimum size limit from inspiring English sources

"There should be a scientifically informed catch limit for this species, and there should be a minimum size limit," she says, adding that next on the conservation wish list is the establishment of an initial ten-year recovery plan for Pacific bluefin.

In 1993, the State also instituted a minimum size limit of 46 cm for the commercial harvesting of all sharks and rays, including for the aquarium trade.

The minimum size limit is 7 inches along the longest shell diameter — anything smaller must be returned to the rock surface from which it was removed.

This level of exploitation was unsustainable, and despite a minimum size limit imposed in 1986, catches fell to 112000 kg in 1990.

Sand whiting are used themselves as live bait for larger species such as mulloway, mangrove jack and large flathead, although anglers must still adhere to the minimum size limit.

In 1992, the State of California imposed a recreational minimum size limit of 91 cm and a possession limit of three fish, a move that was strongly supported and promoted by the sport fishing community.

Enforcing species protection and establishing minimum size limits for catch would therefore be a crucial strategy there, Dr. Lesser said.

"This tool vests fishermen with an incentive to conserve the fishery, eliminates such bureaucratic restrictions as minimum size limits and season closings and reduces dangerous operating conditions," Mr. Bush wrote in an April 28 letter to Ms. Hutchison.

Inshore anglers were generally supportive of fisheries stock enhancement, but less so than many alternative management strategies including habitat restoration and traditional bag and minimum size limits.

While in another study, Blank and Gavin (2009) found recreational fishers in northern California (U.S). had the same likelihood of illegally fishing red abalone (i.e. non-compliance with daily take limits, minimum size limits, licensing laws, and annual take limit) regardless of their awareness of its illegality.

Lets look at an example: fishing regulations usually have minimum size limits to protect smaller fish.