Press release by the Fisheries Department Conch Season to close

The Belize Fisheries Department would like to take this opportunity to inform the general public that conch season will be closed effective on July 1st and it will remain closed until midnight September 30th. As reminder, we note that failure to comply with the close season will result in persecution in court under regulation three (1) (b) of the fisheries regulation, Chapter 210 Subsidiary Laws of Belize R.E. 2003.

The Department Hereby's  makes special appeal to the fisheries and the public, to uphold the fisheries regulations in regards to conch and other marine and urges all responsible citizens to call 224-4552/20623 to report any infrastructure.

The department can also be reached species@btl.net or fisheries_department@gov.bz. The public is assured that all information communicated to the fisheries department will be treated with the strictest of confidence.