Record details

General Information

Country

Sri Lanka

Jurisdiction

Sri Lanka

Title of document

Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Act No. 2 of 1996

Legislative details

Type of document

National Law

Subject areas

Competent National Authorities and National Focal Points
LMOs for direct use as food
LMOs for processing
Transboundary movement (import/export)

Types of LMOs addressed

Animals
- Vertebrates
  - Mammals
  - Fish
- Invertebrates
  - Crustaceans
  - Mollusks
Plants
- Algae

Brief description of the document including objective and scope:

The Act provides for the management, regulation, conservation and development of fisheries and aquatic resources in Sri Lanka. For the purpose of this act, the term "aquatic resources" means living aquatic organisms and includes any seaweed, phytoplankton or other aquatic flora and non-living substances found In an aquatic medium. The term "fish" means any aquatic organism, whether piscine or not, and Includes any shellfish, crustacean, pearl oyster, mollusk, holothurian, or aquatic mammal and its young, fry, eggs or spawn and includes zooplankton.

Date of entry into force

1996-01-16

Document details

Document text

Fisheries And Aquatic Resource Act No 2 of 1996 English.pdf (114 KB)

Amendments

See the Compendium of Fisheries Act
https://www.fisheriesdept.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/compendium_of_fisheries_act_2016.pdf

Regulatory contact information

Contact person

Record #8584

Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

New Secretariat
Maligawatta

Colombo 10, Western

Sri Lanka, 01000

Phone:	+94 112 446 183 [Ext: 200],+94 112 449 170,+94 112 472 187
Fax:	+94 112 449 170
Email:	dg@fisheriesdept.gov.lk,dgdfar@gmail.com
Url:	https://www.fisheriesdept.gov.lk

Additional Information

Section 30 of the Act states the Minister may in consultation with the Minister in charge of the subject of trade, by order published in Gazette, and having regard to the need to protect the aquatic resources of Sri Lanka, prohibit or regulate the export from, or import into, Sri Lanka of any species of fish including live fish or any eggs, roe or spawn or any products prepared from such fish, eggs, roe or spawn at other aquatic resources for such period of time as may be specified in the Order.