Prohibition of Anchoring, Trawling and Use of Fixed or Dragged Nets in the Area Where the Submarine Telegraph Cable Between Tunis and Beirut Meets the Shore

Type

Decision

Number

153

Date of the text

19/07/1939

Official Gazette

published in 1939

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

6

What it provides

This decree bans anchoring, trawling and the use of fixed or dragnet fishing nets in a defined sea zone off Beirut port where the undersea telegraph cable between Tunis and Beirut comes ashore, and sets the penalties, the method of recording violations and the rules for settling them.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1939. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.