Regulations of Yunnan Province on Fisheries.

These Measures are formulated in accordance with the Fisheries Law of the People's Republic of China, aiming to strengthen the protection, increase, development and reasonable utilization of fishery resources, develop aquaculture, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of fishery producers and aquatic product quality and safety, and promote the sustainable development of fishery production. The Text consists of 53 Articles divided into 7 Chapters: General provisions (I); Aquaculture (II); Fishing (III); Increase and protection of fishery resources (IV); Aquatic products quality and safety (V); Legal liabilities (VI); Supplementary provisions (VII).
The Text addresses the issues of planning of water areas devoted to the development of aquaculture, rules and requirements to be satisfied by any entity or individual engaged in the production of aquaculture or aquatic fingerlings, fishing authorization, enforcement, conservation measures, fishery resource protection and enhancement fees, aquatic product quality inspections, and offences. The fishing quota system and the fishing license system shall be implemented, and the total fishable amount of the fishery resources shall be determined in conformity with the principle that the fishing amount shall be lower than the growth amount of the fishery resource (art.21, 23).