Implementing Regulations of The Agriculture Law

1. Illegally caught aquatic organisms, including small fish subject to the controls of minimum landing size, shall not be traded or marketed in commercial markets, fish selling centers, and the like. 2. Marine life such as, fish, shrimp, and the like shall not be held, traded, or transferred during ban seasons near beaches, in markets, or otherwise. Companies, institutions, and individuals holding quantities of marine life banned from harvesting during fishing ban seasons shall announce and register these quantities with the Ministry within 15 days from the end of each season. Registered quantities shall be handled pursuant to licenses issued by the Ministry to interested parties. 3. Ornamental fish, mollusks, or echinoderms shall not be caught, nor shells, sea snails, sponges, or starfish, and all living aquatic resources be extracted or traded except after obtaining authorization and license from the Ministry. 4. Fishermen, fishing workers and captains of fishing vessels shall immediately return young fish to the sea, if found among their catches, pursuant to the minimum landing size specified by the Ministry. 5. Sea cucumbers shall not be collected or caught from the Kingdom’s territorial waters. 6. Fishing for living aquatic resources shall be banned during the breeding season and at the times specified by the Ministry, and fishermen shall immediately return their catches to the sea. 7. Fishing tools such as nets and pots shall not be used on coral reefs. 80| Implementing Regulations of the Agriculture Law