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13. Amendment of Section 61 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Section 61 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (1) of that section as follows:—

(1)

by the insertion, immediately after paragraph (k) of that subsection, of the following paragraph:—

“(kk)

the implementation of the provisions of a

Development and Management Plan approved by the Minister and published in the Gazette under section 31B(4).”.

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(2)

by the insertion immediately after the paragraph (s)

of that subsection, of the following new paragraphs:—

“(sa)

the criteria to be adopted in the selection of skippers of local fishing boats for training;

(sb)

the formulation of a scheme for the issue of certificates of competence to skippers of local fishing boats and the syllabus to be followed for the training of skippers of local fishing boats;

(sc)

the protection of fish breeding ecosystems;

(sd)

the prevention of the disposal of industrial and domestic waste in Sri Lanka waters, and the prevention of the filling of Sri Lanka

Waters, in a manner detrimental to fish and aquatic resources in such waters;

(se)

the registration of boats used for recreational fishing and the issue of licences for recreational fishing;

(sf)

the prohibition and regulation of the import, manufacture and sale of fishing gear, equipment and engines used for fishing operations;

(sg)

the technical instruments for monitoring and surveillance required to be installed and maintained in local fishing boats;

(sh)

the transponders required to be fixed in local fishing boats with fitted board engines;

(si)

the establishment of the National Fisheries

Federation and Fisheries Organizations at

District and village levels; and

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(t)

implementing conservation and management measures adopted—

(i)

under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December,

1982;

(ii)

by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission;

(iii)

under the Fish Stocks Agreement 1995;

(iv)

under the Food and Agriculture

Organization (FAO) of the United

Nations Agreement on Port State

Measures to Prevent, Deter and

Eliminate Illegal Unreported and

Unregulated Fishing 2009.”.

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