Uttarakhand Fisheries Act, 2003 (Uttarakhand Act No. 02 of 2003). Pays/Territoire Inde Sous-division territoriale Uttarakhand Type du document Législation Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Titre completAn Act to provide for management of Fisheries and related matters in the State of Uttarakhand. Sujet Pêche Mot clé Pêche maritime Autorisation/permis Gestion et conservation des pêches Engins de pêche/méthodes de pêche Navire de pêche Aire géographique Asie, Asie et Pacifique, Océan Indien, Mer de l'Asie du Sud-Est, Asie du Sud Entry into force notes This Act enters to force immediately. Résumé The Act provides for the management of Fisheries and related matters in the State of Uttarakhand. The State Government may apply to any water and persons having any exclusive right of fishery. Such rules may prohibit or regulate all or any of the following matters: erection and use of fixed engines, ownership of water dams constructed on rivers, fishery management activities and monitoring the harvesting of stocks of fisheries. The dimension and kinds of fishing gears to be used and the mode of using them; prohibit the destruction or attempt to destroy fish by gun, spear, bow and arrow or like instrument or pollution of waters by trade effluents; Prescribe seasons in which the killing or catching or sale of any fish of any prescribed species shall be prohibited; Prescribe a minimum size or weight below which no fish or any prescribed species shall be caught, killed or sold; Prohibit fishing in an specified water for specified period; Regulate the export of fish outside any area or areas and price at which fish may be brought or sold in any specified markets of all or any specified species; Require the owner, mortgagee with possession or lease of any tank or jhil for the stocking of such tanks or jhils with any class or classes of fish; Fishing shall be prohibited during breeding seasons in Rivers/ tributaries and other breeding places; Progressive fish farmers would be rewarded at the State level; Encouragement and training would be provided to communities like Bengalis, Tribals, Machhua. Nishads, Kashyaps etc. who earn their livelihood from fisheries. Texte intégral Hindi/Anglais Site web indiacode.nic.in