Implementation of Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Regulations 2015. Country/Territory Sri Lanka Document type Regulation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Extraordinary) No. 1907/47, 26 March 2015, pp. 5A-16A. Subject Fisheries Keyword Marine fisheries Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Access-to-information Fishing vessel Foreign fishing High seas Monitoring Fishing authorization Registration Fishery management and conservation Cartilaginous fishes Authorization/permit Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract These Regulations, consisting of 15 sections and completed by six Schedules, regulate the Implementation of Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Fishing. In particular, it establishes the following issues: Landing, transshipment, packaging or processing fish taken outside Sri Lanka waters by a foreign fishing boat is allowed only under a license issued by the Director General of the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. The Director General shall take steps to prevent illegal activities being carried out in any port in Sri Lanka except in a port designated and declared in the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission or any port of Sri Lanka authorized by the Director General. Every application for such a license shall be made in the form specified in schedule I and be accompanied by certified boat registration, certificate of authorization to fish in high seas, etc. with a fee of ten thousand rupees. Administrative proceedings to entering of the boat in to the designated port for the first time are specified in the text. Every license shall be subject to the conditions imposed by Director General in conformity with the relevant resolutions adopted by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission and the Port State Measures Agreement. When the Director General has sufficient evidence to believe that a boat has been engaged in IUU Fishing he shall deny entry to the designated port. Full text English Website www.documents.gov.lk References - Legislation Implements Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act 1996, No. 2 of 1996. Legislation | Sri Lanka | 1996 (2016) Keyword: Framework law, Marine fisheries, Inland fisheries, Institution, Fishing vessel, Registration, Foreign fishing, Fishing gear/fishing method, Aquaculture, Dispute settlement, Offences/penalties, Fishing authorization, Fishery management and conservation, Authorization/permit Source: FAO, FAOLEX