Fisheries (Control of Endangered Species of Fish) Regulations 1999
Made 1999 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Country
- Malaysia
- Subjects
- Fisheries and aquaculture, Wild species and ecosystems
- Keywords
- use restrictions, endangered species, collecting/harvesting, hunting/capture, internal trade, international trade, transport/storage, cartilaginous fishes, protection of species, biodiversity
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Fisheries (Control Of Endangered Species Of Fish) Regulations 1999 PU(A) 409/1999 Tambahan No. 98 Perundangan (A) kepada Warta No. 20 - 30 hb September 1999. IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 61 of the Fisheries Act 1985 [Act 317], the Minister makes the following regulations: 1. Citation. These regulations may be cited as the Fisheries (Control of Endangered Species of Fish) Regulations 1999. 2. Prohibition. (1) No person shall fish for, disturb, harass, catch, kill, take, possess, sell, buy, export or transport any endangered species of fish specified in the Schedule except with the written permission of the Director-General. (2) The Director-General may, in granting a written permission referred to in subregulation (1) , impose any condition as he thinks fit. (3) Where any endangered species of fish specified in the Schedule is caught or taken unavoidably during fishing, such endangered species of fish shall, if it is alive, be released immediately or, if it is dead, the catching or taking thereof shall be reported to a fisheries officer and the endangered species of fish shall be disposed of in accordance with his directions. 3. Offence. Any person who contravenes subregulation 2(1) or any of the condition imposed by the Director General under subregulation 2(2) commits an offence. SCHEDULE Regulation 2 ENDANGERED SPECIES OF FISH Species under the Dugong group Dugong dugon Species under the Whale group Balaenoptera edeni Balaenoptera borealis Balaenoptera musculus Balaenoptera physalus Balaenoptera acutorostrata Megaptera novaeangliae Species under the Dolphin group Orcaella brevirostris Sousa chinensis Orcinus orca Tursiops truncatus Lagenodelphis hosed Stenella longirostris Globicephala macrorhynchus Grampus griseus Kogia breviceps Neophocaena phocaenoides Delphinus delphis Pseudorca crassidens Physeter catodon Species under the Whale Shark group Rhinocodon typus Smith Species under the Clams group Tridacna gigas Tridacna squamosa Tridacna maxima Tridacna crocea