Fishing Gear Marking Regulations No. I of 2015.

These Regulations, consisting of 21 sections and completed by two Schedules, regulate the Fishing Gear Marking in Sri Lanka. The Regulations specify fishing gear requirements, and establish specific technical issues as follows: every owner or operator of a fishing boat shall mark all fishing gear including all types of gill nets, surrounding nets, fish aggregating devices, fish traps, Ja kotu and all types of long lines carried on such boat as specified in the attached schedules. The fishing gear shall be marked by using a tag or flag and shall be displayed prominently and such marking shall be permanent. Every flag, utilized for marking shall not be less than 25 centimeters in height and 35 centimeters in width; when two flags are required for marking, the distance between them shall not be less than ten centimeters and every flag shall be made of waterproof material in fluorescent colours (see Annex I).