Implementing Regulations of The Agriculture Law

1. The Ministry shall specify areas of economic importance for living aquatic resources that require special administrative and operational plans for localization of the profession, whether in marine or coastal areas or in the Kingdom’s islands, in coordination with the relevant agencies. 2. In the event that it is necessary to establish an agricultural facility in a coastal area, a study shall be conducted and submitted to explain its impact on living aquatic resources, and to ensure that it has the least negative effects thereon. Methods shall be provided for treating return water and for addressing the negative effects of the agricultural facility’s waste on the different types of living aquatic resources, along with removing damage. 3. Fishing for all types of living aquatic resources in the inland marine waters, territorial sea, contiguous (adjacent) zone, and exclusive economic zone may not be 78| Implementing Regulations of the Agriculture Law practiced unless a license is obtained from the Ministry in accordance with the requirements determined thereby. 4. No illegal, unreported or unregulated fishing activity shall be practiced in the Kingdom’s waters. This shall include fishing in natural reserves, fishing without a permit, fishing during ban seasons, genocidal fishing using prohibited means or materials such as electrocution or use of explosives, pesticides, chemicals or toxic substances, or any similar new method. 5. The Ministry shall determine the types of marine life banned from harvesting, fishing ban seasons and zones, and minimum landing size of economically important fish species. All fishermen and others shall comply with these rules, and shall not market (buy or sell) prohibited living aquatic resources during ban seasons. 6. The Ministry shall coordinate with the relevant agencies regarding the exportation of catches of living aquatic resources to serve sustainable development. 7. All owners of investment fishing vessels, high seas fishing vessels and aquaculture projects shall regularly provide the Ministry with data and statistics on their living aquatic resources products, using the forms prepared therefor.