அதிகாரப்பூர்வ மொழிபெயர்ப்புDepartment of Government Printing-இலிருந்து, மாற்றமின்றி
The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 28 of the Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources Act, No. 2 of 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the
“principal enactment”) and shall have effect as section 28A of that enactment:—
28A. (1) (a) No person shall engage in or cause any other person to be engaged in fishing operations utilizing bottom trawl nets, including nets with or without two wings or using vertical poles at the two free ends of the net, to be towed by motorized or mechanized fishing boats.
(b)
No person shall use, possess, import, transport, purchase or sell any bottom trawl net, to be towed by a motorized or mechanized fishing boat for the purpose of carrying out fishing operations in Sri Lanka Waters.
(2)
No license shall be issued by the
Director-General under Part II of this Act for fishing operations carried out by bottom trawl nets to be towed by a motorized or mechanized fishing boat in Sri Lanka Waters.
“Prohibition of fishing operations utilizing bottom trawl nets.
(3)
Any license, issued under this Act for fishing operations carried out utilizing bottom trawl nets towed by motorized or mechanized fishing boats in Sri Lanka Waters, shall not be renewed:
Provided that, a license already issued for the use of bottom trawl nets and which is still in force on the day preceding the date of commencement of this Act, shall notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act, continue to be valid for the purpose and in respect of which the license has been issued, for the period specified therein.”.