(a) The Commissioner shall announce, at least forty-five (45) days in advance, the beginning of each of the closed seasons prescribed in the regulations issued pursuant to this chapter for the protection of one or more species of fish as herein defined.
(b) The transportation and sale of a species of fish which is the subject of a closed season shall be allowed up to the seventh day after the commencement of the closed season in order to permit the liquidation of stock caught before the beginning of such closed season.
(c) The fishing, sale, transportation and utilization of all species not expressly included in the closed seasons established by rules and regulations hereunder shall be permitted at any time throughout the year. The sale and transportation of any species of fish that is included in the closed season is permitted during the closed season if such fish is imported from outside the United States Virgin Islands or caught and stored prior to the closed season.