Regulation of the Head of Sanggu Village Number 9 of 2024 concerning the Management of Lake Malawen as a Fisheries Sanctuary Area.

This Regulation identifies Lake Malawen and the surrounding Sanggu Lake as selected locations for restocking the S. Formosus arowana fish species, included in the IUCN list with an endangered status, in order to: implement governance in the Sanggu Village community, and preserve natural resources and the environment. The Regulation concerns the following matters: customary law; customary sanctions; fishery management; fish resources conservation; conservation zone; invasive fish species; village business entities; explosives and other hazardous substances that pose a threat to the sustainability of fish and their habitat; protected fishing area. According to the Regulation, everyone is prohibited from owning, controlling, carrying, and using fishing gear and fishing tools that disrupt and damage the sustainability of fish resources on fishing vessels in the management area of defined lakes; everyone is prohibited from catching the protected fish species without detailed authorisation; everyone is prohibited from carrying out actions that result in pollution of the environment and the waters, and that aim at releasing predatory fish and invasive species in the lakes.