Export and Import of Live Fish Regulations, 1998

~ eo~J ~oJf))Jd~~ eJ~JoC)J~ Of))OO~d m{eJ~ o~~ <r& e~<w The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic ofSri Lanka EXTRAORDINARY. <r0~ 1036/13 1998 ge 16 ~tn @ooe:!o~d~ - 1998.07.16 No.I0361I3-THURSDAY, JULY 16,1998 (Published by Authority) PART I: SECTION (I) - GENERAL Government Notifications L.D.-S.4/96. 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 30 of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act, No.2 of 1996. MAHINDA RAJAPAKSE, Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development. Colombo, 16th July, 1998. Regulations I. These regulations may be cited as the Export and Import of Live Fish Regulations, 1998. 2. No person shall export any species of live fish set out in Part I of the Schedule hereto. 3. No person shall, except under the authority of a permit issued to him by the Director of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (hereinafter referred to as the "Director") in that behalf export any species of live fish set out in Part II of the Schedule hereto. 4. No person shall import any species of live fish set out in Part III of the Schedule hereto. 5. Every application for a permit under Regulation 3 shall be made to the Director in the Form 'N set out in Part IV of theSchedule hereto and shall be accompanied with a fee of One Thousand Rupees. 6. Every permit issued upon an application made under Regulation 5 shall be in the Form'S' set out in Part IV of the Schedule hereto, and shall unless revoked earlier, be valid for six months from the date ofissue, and subject to the terms and conditions specified therein. 7. Not withstanding Regulation 2 and Regulation 3, any person may under the authority ofa permit issued by the Director in that behalf exprot any live fish imported. 8. Every application for a permit under Regulation 7 shall be made to the Director in the Form 'C' set out in Part IV of the Schedule hereto. 9. Every permit issued upon an application made under Regulation 8 shall be in the Form 'D' set out in Part IV of the Schedule hereto, and shall be subject to the terms and conditions specified therein. IA 2 A I OtllJ()Q: (I) (!ld.:;'" - ~ C0tllJ gdJ!j)Jcl~tll o~Jd())~. d~d~ q6'l E)~c mto~ o~'" - HI98.07.16 PART I: SEC. (/) - GAZETIC EXTRAORDINARY OFTHE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OFSRI LANKA - 16.07.1998 10. No person shall except under the authority of a permit issued by the Director in that behalf import or export any live egg. roe or spawn of any fish. I I. Everyapplication fora permitunderRegulation 10shallbe madeto theDirector in theForm 'E' setout in Part IV of the Schedule hereto and accompanied with a fee of One Thousand Rupees. 12. Every permit issued upon an application made under Regulation I I shall be in the Form 'F' set out in Part IV of the Schedule he reto, and shall be subject to the rerms and conditions specified therein. 13. The Director may revoke a permit issued under Regulations 6. 9 and 12 if he is satisfied that the exporter or importer as the case may be has violated any of the terms and conditions of such permit. 14. In these Regulations "Director" means the Director of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources appointed under Section 2 of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act. No.2 of 1996. "export" means to take out of the limits of Sri Lanka to sea or to a foreign country. "fish" means any aquatic organism, whether piscine or not, and includes any shellfish. crustacean, coral, mollusc. annelid, holothurian,any other invertebrate, ambhibian, aquatic mammal and its young fry. egg or spawn. "import" means to bring into Sri Lanka, by sea or by air, from any place outside or beyond the limits of Sri Lanka. SCHEDULE PART I t.IST OF SPECIES OF FISH PROHIBITED FROM EXPORTIN LIVE FORM Marine Fish: Family - Chaetodontidae Chaetodon semeion (Blecker, 1855) Family - Pomacanthidae Centropyge bispinosus (Gunther, 1860) Pygoplites dicanthus (Boddaert, 1772) Family - Labridae Coris.aygula (Lacepede, 1801) Labroides bicolor (Fowler and Bean, 1928) Family - Scorpaenidae Pterois radiata (Cuvier, 1829) Family - Ephippidae Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Family - Serranidae Ephinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch, 1790) Ephinephelus[lavocaeruleus (Lacepede, 1802) Family - Haemulidae Plectorhynchus obscurum Plectorhynchus albovittatus (Ruppel, 1835) Family - Pomacentridae Chrysiptera kuiteri (Allan and Rajasuriya, 1995) (Regulation 2) I ~Cl)~O: (1) ~O<;~ - <9 GoCl) gO)tl»)trlQ}Cl O~)O~)~ Otl)OO~ qcn B~e (Di.0e) O~Q - I 998.07.16 3 A PART I: SEC. (I) - GAZEllE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTREPUBLICOF SRI LANKA- 16.07.1998 Freshwater Fish Family: Cyprinidae Labeo fisheri Jordan and Starks. 19J7 Labeo porcellus (Heckel. 1838) Puntius asoka Kottclat and Pcthiyagoda, 1989 Puntius martenstyni Kottclat and Pethiyagoda, 1991 Puntius srilankensis (Senanayake, 1985) Puntius bandula Kottelat and Pethiyagoda. 1991 Rasbora wilpita Kottelat and Pethiyagoda, 1991 Malpulutta kretscri Deraniyagala, J937 Family: Gobidae Schismatogobius deraniyagalai Konelat and Pethiyagoda, 1989 Sicyopterus halei (Day, 1888) Sicyopus jonklaasi Klauscwitz and Henrich. 1986 Channa orientalis Bloch and Schneider, 1801 Family: Cobitidae Lepidocephalictuliys jonklaasi Deraniyagala, 1956 PART II LIST OF SPECIES OF FlSH RESTRICTED FROM EXPORT IN LIVE FORM Marine Fish Family: Chactodontidae Chaetodon octofaciatus Bloch. 1787 Chaetodon ornatissimus Cuvier, 1831 Chaetodon falcula Bloch. 1793 Cliaetodon xanthocephalus Bennet, 1832 Chaetodon ephippium Cuvier, 1831 Chaetodon unimaculatus Bloch. 1787 Chaetodon madagascariensis Ahl, 1923 Chaetodon beneIIi Cuvier, 1831 Chaetodon meyeri Bloch and Schneider, 180 I Chaetodon triangulum Cuvier, 1831 Heniochus monoceros (Cuvier, 1831) Heniochus pleurotaenia .(Cuvier, 1831) Family: Pomacanthidae Centropyge flavipectoralis (Randall and Klausewitz, 1977) Family: Balistidae Balistoides conspicillum (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) Pseudobalistes[uscus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) Family: Serranidae Variola louti (Forskal, 1775) Variola albimarginata (Baissac, 1952) Freshwater Fish Family: Cyprinidae Danio patirana Kottelat and Pethiyagoda, 1990 Puntius cumingii (Gunther, 1868) Puntius nigrofaciatus (Gunther, 1868) Puntius titteya Deraniyagala, 1929 Rasbora vaterifloris Deraniyagala, 1930 (Regulation 3) 4 A I ~Q»)()c.:l: (I) ~C;'" - <9 e,o'Q») gc;S)tl))tn'Q}Q) oij))c;SU)~ c;Stndc;S~ q6\ D~o w{oZ> 0f2)'" - 1998.07.16 PART I: SEC, (I) - GAZETIE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTREPUBLICOF SRI LANKA- 16.07.1998 Family: Claridae Clarias brachysoma Gunther, 1864 Family: Belontidae Belontia signata (Gunther, 18(1) Family: Mastacembelidae Macroganthus aral Lecepede, 1803 PART III LIST OF SPECIES OF FISH PROHIBITED FROM IMPORT IN LIVE FORM Freshwater Fish Family: Ictaluridae lctalurus punctatus lctalurus[orcatus lctalurus catus Ictalurus nebulosus Pylodictis olivaris Family: Characidae Serrasalmus nattereri Serrasalmus hollandi Serrasalmus eigenmani Serrasalmus notatus Serrasalmus striolatus Serrasalmus elongatus Serrasalmus gibbus Serrasalmus sanchezi Serrasalmus spilopleura Serrasalmus antoni Serrasalmus rhombeus Serrasalmus serrulatus Catoprion memo' FORM "A" Application for Export of Live Fish (This application should beaccompanied with a fee of Rs. 1,000.(0) I. Full Name of the Applicant/Institution :: 2. Address :: 3. Telephone No. ; 4. Fax No. : 5. Name of the Species of Live Fish and the quantity: (Regulation 4) Species ofFish Quantity Area of Capture I ~l:S»Do: 0) ~<;cJ - @ GoO)) gcl)O))tsl~O) o~)clD)~ clrJ)ocl~ qtn B~e:l\ <Dl0C) O~CJ - 1998.07.16 5 A PART I: SEC. (I) - GAZETIE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTREPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA- 16.07.1998 6. Names of countries to which the applivant intends exporting Live Fish: . 7. Monthly statement of Fish. Eggs. Roe or Spawn exported for last six (6) months: Month Species of Fish Quantity ofLocally collected live fish, eggs, roe or spawn exported Quantity of locally breed species of live fish, eggs, roe or spawn exported Quantity of importedfish re-exported I/We undersigned certify that all particulars herein contained are true and correct. l!We agree that any misstatement of any of the particulars required to be given herein shall render invalid any permit granted on the basis of such particulars. Signature of Applicant. Date FORM "B" Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources PERMrr FOR EXPORT OF LIVE FISH (Regulation 6) .............................. of is hereby authorised to export the following species of Live Fish : 01. Species of Fish Quantity Species of Fish Quantity 02. This permit shall. unless earlier cancelled be valid until : 03. This permit is subject to the following conditions: (i) (ii) (iii) This permit is personal to the holder named herein and shall not be transferable; Director of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. Date : . 6 A I etSllC)Q; (1) 6d<:~ - 0 GotSll gcllo)lmQ}tSl Q~lciC)l~'d:l)OO~ qt5) Bl!a:lo <D~QC) o~~ - HHl8.07.16 PART I: SEC. (I) - GAZETTEEXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTREPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA- 16.07.1998 FORAJ "C" Application For The Export of Live Fish Imported To Sri Lanka I. Name of the Applicant/Institution: . 2. Address: . . 3. Telephone Number: . 4. Fax No.: .. 5. Business Registration No.: . 6. Names and the Particulars of the Species of Fish: (Regulation 8) Species of Fish Quantity Imported Date of Imparl Country of Origin Quantity ofexport Proposed date ofexport Documents attached 7. Names of countries to which the applicant intend exporting : .. IfWe the undersigned certify that particulars herein contained are true and ccrrect.L'Wc agree that any misstatement of any of the particulars required to be given herein shall render invalid any permit granted on the basis of such particulars. Signature of Applicant. Date I ~~c:;>~: (I) ~c;Q - 0 e°tS») gO)o»ti~tS) ~~oD)~ omdo~ q6) e~o CDl~() ot2)Q - HHI8.07.16 7 A PART I: SEC. (Il -GAZETIE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA- 16.07.1998 FORM D Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources PERMIT TO EXPORT LIVE FISH IMPORTED TO SRI LANKA (Regulation 9) ...................................................... of is hereby authorised to export the following varietiesof Fish Imported to Sri Lanka: I. Species of Fish Quantity 2. This permit shall, unless earlier.cancelled, be valid until: 3. This permit is subject to the following conditions: (i) This permit is personal to the holder named and shall not be transferable: (ii) . (iii) . Director of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. Date : . FORM "E" (Regulation 11) Application For Import/Export" of Eggs, Roe or Spawn of Fish (This application should beaccompanied with a fee of Rs. 1,000.00) I. Name of the ApplicantJ Institution : 2. Address. : 3. Telephone No. : 4. Fax No. : 5. Business Registration No. : 6. Name of the Species of Eggs, Roe or Spawn of Fish and Quantity: Species ofFish Quantity of Eggs. Roe or Spawn 8 A I lfItDJc;JQ: (I) @d<;Q - 0 Cl0tDJ gOJa>Jcl~tD Qe.)ODJ~ o~ooGc:1 qcn D~c CDtQt:) OQ)Q - 1998.07.16 PART I: SEC. tn- GAZETIE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 16.07.1998 7. Names of countries to/from* which the applicant intends exporting/importing* Live Fish : Signature of Applicant. Date: * Strike off the word inapplicable. (Regulation 12) FORMF Department ofFis.heries and Aquatic Resources PERMIT FOR 1MPORTIEXPORT* OF EGGS, ROE OR SPAWN FISH ....................................... of is hereby authorised to Importl Export* the following varieties of Eggs. Roe or Spawn of fish: 01. Species of Fish Quantity of Eggs. Roe or Spawn 02. This permit shall, unless earlier cancelled, be valid until, 03. This permit is subject to the following conditions: (i) This permit is personal to the holder named herein and shall not be transferable; (ii) Species of Eggs, Roe. Spawn of fish to be exported shall beconfined to the species given in this permit; (iii) . Director of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. Date: * Strike off the word inapplicable. 07-678/1 L.D.-B 4/96. FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES ACT, No.2 OF 1996 REGULAnONS made by the Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development under Section 61 of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act. No.2 of 1996. MAlIINDA RAJAPAKSE, Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development. Colombo. 16th July 1998.