High Seas Fishing Sanctions Regulations (S. I. No. 32 of 2014).

These Regulations are made by the Registrar of Merchant Shipping, on the recommendations of the Director of High Seas Fisheries and with the approval of the Minister of Finance, pursuant to section 50 of the High Seas Fishing Act. They define "serious violation" for purposes of the Act and provide for disciplinary proceedings against any vessel, its owner, operator, charterer, master, legal representative, person and/or crew, who is alleged to have contravened any provisions of the Act or the regulations made thereunder. They also grant powers to the Director of High Seas Fisheries to impose specified fines and appeal against decisions of the Director.