Prohibition of Catching Thresher Shark Regulations 2012

I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2012'07'27 PART I : SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 27.07.2012 1A w;s úfYI wxl 1768$36 - 2012 cQ,s ui 27 jeks isl=rdod - 2012'07'27 No. 1768/36 - FRIDAY JULY 27, 2012 EXTRAORDINARY The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Published by Authority) PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications 1A L.D.B. 1/2012. FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES ACT, No. 2 OF 1996 REGULATIONS made by the Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development under Section 61 read with Section 29 of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act, No. 2 of 1996. DR. RAJITHA SENARATNE, Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development. Colombo, 25th July 2012. Regulations 1. These regulations may be cited as the Prohibition of Catching Thresher Shark Regulations 2012. 2. These regulations shall apply to any fishing boats operated in Sri Lanka waters, or high seas and anchored in a Sri Lankan Port. 3. No person shall catch Thresher Shark species of the family Alopiidae (hereinafter referred to as the “ Thresher Shark”) when engaged in any fishing operation, recreational or sport fishing. 4. No owner or skipper of a fishing boat shall retain onboard, transship, land, store, sell or offer for sale any part or whole carcass of Thresher Shark. 5. It shall be the duty of the owner or skipper of a fishing boat— (a) to release Thresher Shark caught incidentally to the sea without any harm to the extent practicable; and (b) to record of all the incidental catch and alive release of Thresher Shark in the log book maintained for the purpose. 6. No person shall retain onboard, transship, land, store, sell or offer for sale any of Thresher Shark. 7. The species of the family Alopiidae shall include Alopius vulpinus (Thresher Shark), Alopius supercitiosus (Bigeye thresher shark) and Alopius peiagicus (Pelagic thresher shark) as may be depicted in the Schedule hereto. Y%S ,xld m%cd;dka;%sl iudcjd§ ckrcfha .eiÜ m;%h I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2012'07'27 PART I : SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 27.07.2012 2A PRINTED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, SRI LANKA. 08 - 434 SCHEDULE Alopius vulpinus Thresher shark Kasa Mora Alopius superciliosus Bigeye Thresher shark Kasa Mora Alopius pelagicus Pelagic Thresher shark Kasa Mora