Fishing Gear Marking Regulations No. I of 2015

§ eo~J 9ciJtl1J~@~ e5®Jci0J~ ciIDOO@cl ~1e5U O@~ q£1 ©~CS:l~ The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka L. D. B 1/2012 (II). EXTRAORDINARY qoi:s, 1904/10 - 2015 ©:>l!J~ @e:) 03 Di~ qa;,,~01.D:>~:> - 2015.03.03 No. 1904/10 - TUESDAY, MARCH 03 2015 (Published by Authority) PART I : SECTION (I)- GENERAL Government Notifications THE FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES ACT, No. 2 OF 1996 REGULATIONS made by the Minister of Home Affairs and Fisheries under Section 61 ( 1 )(h) of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act, No.2 of 1996. Colombo. 28th February, 2015. Regulations JoSEPH MICHAEL PERERA , Minister of Home Affairs and Fisheries. I. These regulations may be cited as the Fishing Gear Marking Regulations No. I of 2015. 2. Every owner or operator of a fishing boat shall mark all fishing gear including all types of gill nets, surrounding nets, fish aggregating devices, fish traps, Ja kotu and all types of long lines carried on such boat as specified in the schedule I hereto. 3. (a) The fishing gear shall be marked by using a tag or flag and shall be displayed prominently and such marking shall be permanent. (b) Every flag, utilized for marking shall not be less than Twenty Five centimeters in height and Thirty Five centimeters in width; when two flags are required for marking, the distance between them shall not be less than ten centimeters and every flag shall be made of waterproof material in fluorescent colours; This Gazette Extraordinary can be downloadedji·om www.documents.gov.lk ~~ a 3 - PG 2386 IA 2A I @'tl)JDt'.:l , (I) @'~i;Q - § co;:;,J 9i;fo.nJzf§;:;') t'.:l~!Jci0J~ ciis,oci@'cl q635@'<>ili!l m,t::lO O@Q - 2015.03.03 PART I : SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 03.03.2015 4. Every tag used for marking shall be durable with required water proofing and be able to stay attached to the fishing gear in all sea conditions. 5. The markings on the fishing gear shall be in white colour on a black background or in black colour on a white background in an easily readable or identifiable manner by separate letters in one of the official languages depending on the use of the language in the location.and in English Language. 6. The markings shall be designed and placed in such a manner in order to prevent interference with the operation and performance of the fishing gear. 7. Any boat call sign name of the boat, harbour in which the boat is registered, registration number of the boat issued by the Department of Fisheries, the name of the owner and the operator of the boat shall be marked in the flag or tag attached to the fishing gear. 8. The code mentioned for the relevant fishing gear in the Schedule II hereto shall be marked in the flag or tag. 9 ( 1) The fishing gear shall be marked as follows : (i) Every tag used for marking shall be four inches in height and six inches in width and all the details specified in regulation 7 shall be printed or embossed on both sides of it; (ii) every tag or flag shall be printed using florescent colour in black colour on white background or in white colour on black background. (2) Subject to regulation 5 every tag or flag shall be painted using florescent colour and shall be firmly fixed to fishing gear. 10. The owner or Master of any fishing boat shall inform the Director General of the Fisheries Department with immediate effect of every abandonment or loss of fishing gear. the gear 11. Every effort shall be made by the crew, owner or operator to retrieve lost or abandoned gear, particularly if ( a) presents a hazard to the navigation of surface and sub-surface boats (b) fouls reefs; (c) fouls spawning beds; ( d) becomes an impediment to fishing; or (e) continues to ghost fish 12. In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires "fouls reef' means the damages caused to coral reefs by broken or abandoned fishing gear at sea; "fouls spawning beds" means the damage caused to fish breeding grounds by broken or abandoned fishing gear at sea; "ghost fishing" means continuous fish catch by broken or abandoned fishing gear at sea. I @;::;i1ue , (I) @cl<;~ - § co;::;,1 9ci1m1m;§;::;i e~llci~1~ cilS'loci@-d' q6'u@ll::l&!l ,.,,el;l t:i@~ - 2015.03.03 3A PART I : SEc. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 03.03.20I5 SCHEDULE I I - Examples of Marking of Fishing Gear 1. Tags Registration Number of the Boat: Name of Boat: Port of Registry : Call Sign: IMO No: Owner/Owners: Address of Owners: Operator/Operators : Address of Operator/ Operators : Registration Number of the Boat: Name of Boat: Port of Registry : Call Sign: IMONo: Owner/Owners: Address of Owners: Operator/Operators : Address of Operator/ Operators : ~ 3. Placement of identification Markings, Tags and Flags on buoys and beacons. 4A I @Z'.llJi;:>e:i , (I) @.:9<;~ § Col:SlJ gciJmJ2Sf;§i:s, e:i®JciOJ~ ciisiuci@cl tp:55@a:ia!l (l)ie:>O o~~ - 2015.03.03 PART I : SEC (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 03.03.2015 .,! LJ Fl~tong I @t.lJOe:i , (I) @cic;'-' - @ <3ot.lJ 90JmJ?ri';®t.l e:i®Jcie:lJ~ ci'lSldci@cl q63a@Cl:ll!!l '°,e:i~ Cl@'-> - 2015.03.03 5A PART I : SEC. 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(I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 03.03.2015 SCHEDULE II Codes for fishing gear/methods : Gillnets and surrounding nets Drift Gillnet - Large mesh GNLM Beach seine SNBS Draft Gillnet - Small mesh GNSW Ring net SNRN Botton - set Gillnet GNBS Purse seine SNPS Trammel net GNTR Wachchhal dela SNWD Kudadela GNKD HarasDela GNHD Maya valai SNMV Long/iness and Hand/iness Troll line HLTR Bottom long line HLBL Pole and line HLPL Head Line/Rod and line HLRL Hand Line HLHL Stilt Fishing HLST ·Shark long line HLSL Squid Jigs HLSJ Tuna long line HLTL Trawls and Drag Nets Lift nets, Pots and Traps Shrimp trawl net DNST Lift net from boat LNBT Fish trawl DNBT Lift net from shore LNSH Lagoon seine (Gawana dela) DNGD Crab pot LNCR Drag net (Kadippuwa) DNKD Fish trap TRFS Drivein nets (Gok randela/Vidu Valai) DNGR Cast net FGCN Drag net (Kalapu trawl) DNLT Fish kraals/Ja kottu TRKP Cover pot/Karakgediya TRCP Brush pile - Mas Athu TRBP Stake net/Kattu dela TRKD Miscellaneous Gear Scoop net MSSC Harpoon MSHP Spear fishing MSSF Diving MSDV PilaAthu MSFF 03-501 PRINTED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING. SRI LANKA.