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Collecting, holding and supplying of shrimp brooders in order to breed brackish-water shrimps (Penaeus species) regulations No. 2 of 2017.

Country/Territory
Sri Lanka
Document type
Regulation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Extraordinary) No. 2032/5, 14 August 2017, pp. 5A-7A.
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Mariculture Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Aquatic animals International trade Authorization/permit Crustaceans
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

These Regulations, consisting of 22 sections and two Annexes, specify the requirements of mariculture centres and crustaceans for collect, hold and supply shrimp brooders in order to breed brackish-water shrimps (Penaeus species). The Regulations specify that the activity of those centres is permitted only through a license issued under Section 39 of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act. All the centres for collecting, holding and supplying shrimp brooders shall be established in close proximity to the beach enabling to transport shrimp brooders from sea within a short period. All those centres shall be operated in accordance with the standards of transporting brooder shrimps of the Authority specified in Annex I. The shrimp brooders shall be collected from the sea areas specified by the Authority in the Aquaculture Management License.

Full text
English
Website
www.documents.gov.lk

References - Legislation

Implements

National Aquaculture Development Authority of Sri Lanka Act, No. 53 of 1998.

Legislation | Sri Lanka | 1998

Keyword: Aquaculture, Mariculture, Institution, Research, Agricultural development, International trade, Biodiversity, Basic legislation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX