1. REGULATIONS
BY
NAVEEN NISCHAL.S.S
III-SEM SIF
CUSAT
2. •A regulation is a legal provision that creates, limits, or
constrains a right, creates or limits a duty, or allocates a
responsibility.
Fish market failure- regulation due to inefficiency.
Risk of monopoly
Inadequate information
Causes of disease spreading.etc…..
3. •India has a federal structure of government.
•According to India's constitution, the power of
enacting laws is split between India's central
government and the Indian states.
•The state legislatures of India have the power to make
laws and regulations with respect to a number of
subject-matters
•There are many laws and regulations that may
be relevant to fisheries and aquaculture adopted
at state level.
4. •At the central level, several key laws and regulations
are relevant to fisheries and aquaculture.
•These include the British-era Indian Fisheries Act
(1897), which penalizes the killing of fish by
poisoning water and by using explosives.
•The Environment (Protection) Act (1986), being an
umbrella act containing provisions for all
environment related issues affecting fisheries and
aquaculture industry in India
5. •India also has enacted the Water (Prevention and
Control of Pollution) Act (1974) and the Wild Life
Protection Act (1972).
•All these legislations must be read in conjunction
with one another, and with the local laws of a
specific state, to gain a full picture of the law and
regulations that are applicable to fisheries and
aquaculture in India.
•Fish wholesaler and whole sale buyer are
licensed under fish marketing regulations act
1973.
• Illegal Unreported Unregulated ( IUU) regulation.
6. Over view of regulation
A system of access condition ability
Imposing stringent trade
Provide adequate documentation
The regulation applies to IUU fishing and
associated activity
Applies any fishing vessel use for purpose of
commercial exploitation of fishery resources
7. GOVERNMENT NOTICE 395 of 1957, as amended by
Legal Notices 103 of 1969, 72 of 1978, 124 of 1979, 84 of
1980, 38 of 1986, 126 of 1989, 5 of 1992 and 426 of
2007,are fish marketing regulations in India.
No person may act as retailer without a license from the
Director.
Prohibition to demand, require or accept any
commission.
Prohibition to accept payment.
Prohibition to remove fish purchased by retailer.
8. Transportation of fish in crates. Added by:
L.N. 5 of 1992.
(1) The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, specify
(a) which fish crates have been approved for use at the fish
sales outlets; and
(b) which fish that is being taken in or out of the fish sales
outlets may only be transported in the mentioned fish
crates.
(2) Whosoever knowingly breaks, damages or destroys a fish
crate referred to in sub-regulation
(a) of this regulation, or peruses such fish crate for any
other purpose except the transportation of fish, shall be
guilty of an offence.
9. Imported fish.
Imported fish shall be placed in a cold store licensed
by the Commissioner of Police directly it is landed in
these Islands, unless the immediate sale thereof is
authorized by the Director.
Fish placed in cold storage as above shall not be taken
out of cold storage or sold without the previous permit in
writing from the Director, who may, at his discretion, limit
the quantity of fish that may be taken out or sold.
10. PORT CONTROL OF THIRD
CONTRY FISHING VESSEL
The regulation requires that landings and
shipment.
Conduct inspection of 5 % of landings.
Requires mandatory inspection.
Not permitting importing the fish(in case of any
difficulties.....)