Shark Fisheries Management Regulations, 2015

w;s úfYI wxl 1938$2 - 2015 Tlaf;dan¾ ui 26 jeks i÷od - 2015'10'26 No. 1938/2 - MONDAY OCTOBER 26, 2015 EXTRAORDINARY Y%S ,xld m%cd;dka;%sl iudcjd§ ckrcfha .eiÜ m;%h The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Published by Authority) PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications 1AThis Gazette Extraordinary can be downloaded from www.documents.gov.lk L.D.B. 1/2012 (II) 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. MAHINDA AMARAWEERA, Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development. Colombo, 14th October 2015. Regulations 1. These regulations may be cited as Shark Fisheries Management Regulations, 2015. 2. No person engaged in fishing operations in Sri Lanka Waters shall catch any shark of the species specified in the Schedule hereto except for the collection of museum, biological sampling for taxonomic study and research purposes. 3. No person shall (i) remove on board a local fishing boat the fins of any shark caught by such local fishing boat and discard carcass of such shark of which fins have been removed. (ii) retain on board, transship or land fins of any shark unless such fins are naturally attached to the body of such shark. 4. Subject to the provisions of regulation 2, it shall be the duty of the owner or skipper of a fishing boat engaged in fishing operations to release live sharks especially juveniles and pregnant sharks. I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2015'10'26 PART I : SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 26.10.2015 2A 5. The Landing of Fish (Species of Shark and Skates) Regulations, 2001 published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1206/20 of 17th October 2001 and the prohibition of Catching Thresher Shark Regulations, 2012 published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1768/36 of 27th July 2012 are hereby rescinded. 6. In these regulations “Shark” include species of sharks. SCHEDULE 1. Shark species of the Family Alopidae. Alopias vulpinus (Thresher shark) Alopias superciliosus (Big-eye thresher shark) Alopias pelagicus (Pelagic theresher shark) 2. Carcharhinus Iongimanus (Oceanic white-tip shark) 3. Rhincodon typus (Whale shark) 11-204/1