Fish Stock Protection Law 1961.

The Act provide for the protection of fish stocks in Suriname. It shall be prohibited to fish inside Suriname without a licence issued by the Director of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. The Act shall apply to all waters of Suriname excluding the territorial sea and the EEZ. Fees are specified for specific licences including a licence to fish in estuaries. The Minister may lay down rules concerning the protection of the fish stocks regarding number and type of fishing rods and/or hand lines and, specifically for each fish species, the numbers which during an open season established for such fish species may be captured or killed. It shall also be prohibited to sell undersize fish, to destroy, disrupt, take away, buy, deliver, transport, sell, fish eggs or nests, and to trade in fish during a close season established for such fish.