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Re: BVI to USVI newbie questions
[Re: Whiteviper]
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05/12/2016 05:58 PM
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There is no fishing license required for the USVI. There are lobster regulations to size and sex. You will need some type of catching device, we have a snare. I have eaten yellow tail in BVI and USVI without incident. As to ciguatera, I've heard to not eat fish with eyes bigger than yours. Customs is a piece of cake, you can download and fill out the USVI forms in advance.
Last edited by sail2wind; 05/12/2016 05:59 PM.
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Re: BVI to USVI newbie questions
[Re: Whiteviper]
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05/13/2016 05:42 PM
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Whiteviper said: I am so glad i found this forum. You all are such a helpful community. Thank you so much for the replies.
I understand that catching lobsters will be a challenge, but I like a good challenge. I will make sure to bring some good gloves. I see that spears and hooks are illegal. What are these snares you speak of and are the legal?
I cannot seem to find any detailed information on passing back and forth between the BVI's and USVI's. We will be leaving out of Road Town and headed strait for the USVI's. Where will we need to stop to get the paper work processed? Will we have to stop again when we re-enter the BVI's? In Red hook, the dive shop sells spears, slings, and snares, all legal in the USVI. At Soper's Hole the right area is for ferries, all private or charter vessels check in on the left side, no lines, no ferries
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Re: BVI to USVI newbie questions
[Re: steve74]
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05/13/2016 07:32 PM
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Last time we did this, we were able to check in AND out of the USVI for a short stay of predetermined duration, but we did have to check back IN to the BVI.
M4000 "Lio Kai"
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Re: BVI to USVI newbie questions
[Re: steve74]
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05/13/2016 08:24 PM
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steve74 said: , but I thought we would have to check into the BVI when we leave the USVI. If not, it would be much more convenient. Thank you for your help! You thought right. You must clear back into the BVI's
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Re: BVI to USVI newbie questions
[Re: GeorgeC1]
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05/14/2016 01:44 PM
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[img]http://[/img] Got these 4 weeks ago in usvi. Snare and gloves snorkeling.Hope the image shows up. Snares can be viewed on amazon. we just made our own .
the smaller the poop, the better the pet
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Re: BVI to USVI newbie questions
[Re: GeorgeC1]
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05/14/2016 09:16 PM
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50 CFR 622.2 - Caribbean spiny lobster means Panulirus argus. 50 CFR 622.37(b) – Minimum size 3.5 inches carapace length. 50 CFR 622.38(b) - A Caribbean spiny lobster must be maintained with head and carapace intact. 50 CFR 622.32(b) (iii) - Egg -bearing spiny lobster in the Caribbean EEZ must be returned to the water unharmed. An egg -bearing spiny lobster may be retained in a trap, provided the trap is returned immediately to the water. An egg - bearing spiny lobster may not be stripped, scraped, shaved, clipped, or in any other manner molested, in order to remove the eggs. 50 CFR 622.31( j) - Spears and hooks. A spear, hook, or similar device may not be used in the Caribbean EEZ to harvest a Caribbean spiny lobster. The possession of a speared, pierced, or punctured Caribbean spiny lobster in or from the Caribbean EEZ is prima facie evidence of violation of this section.
and I also found this about slipper lobsters: Egg-bearing (berried) spiny lobster and ridged slipper lobster (also commonly known as shovelnose or bulldozer lobster) must be released unharmed. Stripping egg-bearing females of eggs, and possession of spiny or ridged slipper lobster tails from which eggs have been removed is prohibited. Eggs are an orange, yellow, brown, or red mass found covering the underside of the lobster’s tail. Gear such as spears, hooks, wire snares, and any device which could puncture, penetrate, or crush the shell of the lobster is prohibited.
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Re: BVI to USVI newbie questions
[Re: GeorgeC1]
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05/15/2016 11:01 AM
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Thought we read all the regs.and were told were good to go. no berries and size was good. Surely did not want to do anything wrong.Still were a bit of a fight getting them bagged.
the smaller the poop, the better the pet
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