Fisheries Act (Cap. 111).
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Abstract
The Act consist of 27 Sections divided into 5 Parts: Preliminary (I); Administration (II); Licences (III); Offences(IV); Miscellaneous(V).
The Director-General, Food Administration shall be responsible for the administration of this Act, subject to the general or special directions of the Minister.
The Minister may make rules, inter alia, to regulate or prohibit the erection, maintenance, working, repair or lighting of fishing stakes in maritime and estuarine waters; to regulate or prohibit any method of fishing or the use of any fish traps or fishing nets; to provide for the licensing, control, supervision and protection of any fishery and of the cultivation of fish or any particular species of fish; to set out requirements and procedures for document control and recording by any fishery or persons involved in the cultivation of fish so as to monitor the supply of fish in Singapore for human consumption, to prescribe the species or the minimum weights and sizes of fish which may be cultured, captured or taken for the purposes of sale, processing, consumption, consignment, rearing or sport; to prescribe areas where fish may be landed; to regulate and control the landing, collection, transportation, marketing and distribution of fish and to appoint any person, organisation or board as may be necessary to effect such regulation and control; to prescribe and control areas which may be used as fishing ports or harbours or areas where fishing vessels may be allowed to moor; to prescribe and control the route or routes to be used by fishing vessels within territorial waters; to license fishing vessels, fishing stakes, fishing nets, gear and equipment, and the like; to regulate or prohibit the import, export or transhipment of any species of fish if the Minister is of the opinion that such species of fish may pose a threat to the ecological balance or integrity of fisheries, or to public safety.
The Act further makes provisions for, inter alia, powers of officers, prohibition on use of poisons or explosives, offences and penalties on wilful damage to fishing implements, landing or selling fish illegally caught, etc.
The Director-General, Food Administration shall be responsible for the administration of this Act, subject to the general or special directions of the Minister.
The Minister may make rules, inter alia, to regulate or prohibit the erection, maintenance, working, repair or lighting of fishing stakes in maritime and estuarine waters; to regulate or prohibit any method of fishing or the use of any fish traps or fishing nets; to provide for the licensing, control, supervision and protection of any fishery and of the cultivation of fish or any particular species of fish; to set out requirements and procedures for document control and recording by any fishery or persons involved in the cultivation of fish so as to monitor the supply of fish in Singapore for human consumption, to prescribe the species or the minimum weights and sizes of fish which may be cultured, captured or taken for the purposes of sale, processing, consumption, consignment, rearing or sport; to prescribe areas where fish may be landed; to regulate and control the landing, collection, transportation, marketing and distribution of fish and to appoint any person, organisation or board as may be necessary to effect such regulation and control; to prescribe and control areas which may be used as fishing ports or harbours or areas where fishing vessels may be allowed to moor; to prescribe and control the route or routes to be used by fishing vessels within territorial waters; to license fishing vessels, fishing stakes, fishing nets, gear and equipment, and the like; to regulate or prohibit the import, export or transhipment of any species of fish if the Minister is of the opinion that such species of fish may pose a threat to the ecological balance or integrity of fisheries, or to public safety.
The Act further makes provisions for, inter alia, powers of officers, prohibition on use of poisons or explosives, offences and penalties on wilful damage to fishing implements, landing or selling fish illegally caught, etc.
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Long title of text
An Act for the protection and conservation of fisheries, and to make provision for the control of fishing, the control of the marketing and distribution of fish and the use and control of fishing ports and harbours, for measures pertaining to the general welfare and improvement of the fishing industry in Singapore and for purposes incidental thereto.
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Original Enactment: Act No. 14 of 1966. The revised version incorporates amendments up to Act 11 of 2019.
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No
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English
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No