Regulations amending Landing of Fish Regulations, 1997

w;s úfYI wxl 1700$19 - 2011 wfm%a,a 07 jeks n%yiam;skaod - 2011'04'07 No. 1700/19 - THURSDAY, APRIL 07, 2011 EXTRAORDINARY The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Published by Authority) PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications L. D.- B. 4/96. FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES ACT, No. 2 OF 1996 REGULATIONS made by the Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resoruces Development under Section 61 of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act, No. 2 of 1996. DR. RAJITHA SENARATNE, Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development. Colombo, 07th April 2011 Regulations The Landing of Fish Regulations 1997 published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 972/4 of April, 21st, 1997, as amended last by Regulations published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 1555/13 of June, 26, 2008, are hereby further amended by the repeal of paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) of Regulation 2 thereof, and the substitution therefore of the following paragraphs : “(2) Any fish taken outside Sri Lanka waters under the authority of the landing permit issued under paragraph (1), shall not within the Sri Lanka waters be transferred, reloaded or transhipped to any local or foreign fishing boat: Provided however, the above provisions shall not apply to a transfer, reloading or transhipment of fish from local or foreign fishing boats by mother vessels duly authorized for such purpose by Director General. (3) Ten percent (10%) of the total weight of the tuna fish landed at any Commercial Harbour, Fishery Harbour, Anchorage or Fish Landing Centre in Sri Lanka under the authority of a landing permit issued under paragraph (1) shall, at the time of landing, be made available to the Ceylon Fisheries Corporation for purchase at a price to be agreed by such corporation, The aforesaid ten percent of the total weight of tuna fish shall consist of five percent (5%) of fresh tuna and five percent (5%) frozen tuna” 04-658 1A Y%S ,xld m%cd;dka;%sl iudcjd§ ckrcfha .eiÜ m;%h PRINTED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, SRI LANKA.