Regulation of the Minister of Marine and Fisheries no. 31/PERMEN-KP/2020 about conservation area management.

This Ministerial Regulation, consisting of 51 articles and based on the provision of article 28, paragraph 4 of the Act no. 27 of 2007 regarding the management of coastal area and isles, aims at protecting, preserving and using fish resources, biodiversity and cultural traditional sites through the conservation area management. According to the Regulation, the conservation area is defined as an unified ecosystem, protected, conserved and utilised in a sustainable way. The following relevant terms are defined: sea; coastal area; coastal waters; small islands; ecosystem; zoning of conservation area; dumping; allowed and disallowed activities; customary law community; central and regional governments.
The Regulation concerns: conservation area planning, including its space, composition, delimitation and the criteria; conservation area zoning, including: core zone, limited utilisation zone and other zones; determination of conservation areas; conservation area management plan; utilisation of conservation area and allowed activities: fish catching and farming, marine tourism, research and education, establishment of marine structures, water transportation, utilisation of sea water in other way than energy, implementation of religious customs; disallowed activities: mineral and coal mining, dumping and ship ballast discharge; evaluation of conservation area management; conservation funding.