Original language

English

Country
Kiribati
Date of text
Status
Unknown
Type of court
National - higher court
Sources
Court name
High Court
Reference number
[1999] KIHC 13
Tagging
Evidence, Permits, Burden of Proof, Licences
Free tags
Agricultural & rural development
Fisheries
Justice(s)
Lussik, B.
Abstract
In the present case the High Court set out the three elements of illegal fishing in the EEZ – the vessel was a foreign vessel; the vessel entered the fishery limits not for a purpose recognized by international law; and it did so without the authority of a permit granted under the Fisheries Ordinance.