The Indian Legal Instruments Relevant to Fisheries is a database on Indian national and state-level laws relevant to marine inland fisheries and aquaculture. The database offers full texts of the Acts, Rules, Amendments and subsequent notifications enacted by the union and state governments. It covers various areas including reserved artisanal fishing zones, resource management measures, licensing and registration fees for different vessel categories. The information and data are useful for fishworker groups, civil society, policymakers, researchers and anyone else interested in the fisheries sector.
The President of India is pleased to impose a uniform ban on fishing by all fishing vessels in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) beyond territorial waters on the East...
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In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 26 of the Tamil Nadu Marine Fishing Regulation Act, 1983 (Tamil Nadu Act 8 of 1983) and in supersession of the Tamil...
National Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy, February 2019 (Draft) https://dof.gov.in/sites/default/files/2020-01/NIFAP%20%28English%29%20%28merged%29.pdf
The Kerala Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture (Amendment) Bill, 2021 Download
The draft guidelines for regulation of fishing by Indian flagged fishing vessels in the high seas, 2022 (i.e., for areas beyond the Exclusive Economic Zone of 200 nautical miles) Download
This Act may be called the Coastal Aquaculture Authority (Amendment) Act, 2022. It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official...
This Draft Policy could be called the “National Policy for India’s Blue Economy – 2020”. The Government of India should evaluate, analyze, review and change this draft policy as it...
The President of India is pleased to impose a uniform ban on fishing by all fishing vessels in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) beyond territorial waters on the East...
The Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022, Bill No. 95 of 2022 A bill to provide for the national measures for protecting the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ecosystems and to...