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AQUACULTURE REGULATIONS *
Table of Provisions (15)
Statutory Text (15 Articles)
AQUACULTURE
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 36.34
AQUACULTURE REGULATIONS *
29th May, 1990
LEGAL NOTICE 73 of 1990.
The title of these Regulations is Aquaculture Regulations.
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise
requires -
"Director" means the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries and
includes any officer of the department duly authorised by the
Director to act on his behalf;
"to fatten" means to keep fish from the fingerling stage to market
size;
"to rear" means to breed and rear up to the fingerling stage and
includes the selling of broodstock;
"to keep" includes to rear and to fatten;
"fish" includes fin fish, molluscs and crustaceans, whether of
fresh or of sea-water.
No person shall keep, rear or fatten farmed fish, whether as
owner, part-owner or assistant, unless he holds a licence issued to
him.
A licence as provided for in regulation 3 may be granted by
the Director after consideration of the application made on the
appropriate form issued by him.
No person shall keep, rear or fatten fish in any place unless
that place is licensed as a fish farm for any or all of those specific
purposes.
No licence for a fish farm shall be issued unless the
requirements laid down in the form of application are satisfied.
The Director may at any time revoke a licence if the place
licensed is found lacking in any of the conditions mentioned in the
licence, or if in the opinion of the Director there is a risk of the
spread of disease.
Licences shall be valid for one calendar year, and may be
renewed from year to year.
The minimum distance between any two fish farms shall be
one kilometre, provided that the Director may establish a greater
distance at his discretion according to the particular circumstances
of each case.
No extensions or alterations in any licensed place may be
carried out unless previously authorised by the Director.
*These Regulations have been repealed by Act XXXIV of 2023.
AQUACULTURE
No person, whether licensed or not, shall move or cause
any live fish or live fish products to be moved from a licensed place
to any other place unless he has obtained permission to do so in
writing from the Director.
No person shall import live fish or live fish products
destined for farming unless he has obtained permission to do so in
writing from the Director. A health certificate from the point of
origin may be required.
The Director may inspect licensed premises at any time in
order to ensure that the licence conditions are being complied with.
A licensee under these Regulations shall not be exempt
f r om c om pl yi ng w it h th e r e q ui rem e n ts of a ny o the r la w o r
regulation which may be in force from time to time.