Fisheries (Limu Tanga’u) Regulations 2009.

These Regulations establish the Limu tanga’u Management Committee and provide with respect to control on the processing and exportation of limu tanga’u (seagrass). Every licence to process limu tanga’u shall, in addition to conditions endorsed on the licence, be subject to (a) adherence to the procedures and process required under HACCP standards and any national code of practice required for quality standards of limu tanga’u; (b) that the processor only purchase limu tanga’u from collectors that have been authorised by the Ministry; (c) that the processor only purchase limu tanga’u during the harvesting times established by the Ministry for any of the locations noted in Form 4; and (d) provision of monthly returns during the months of August to and including February, and in any months outside this period when they purchased limu tanga’u, giving details of quantities purchased, employment levels and harvest locations for all limu tanga’u purchased. An application for a licence to export limu tanga’u or renewal thereof under section 35 of the Act shall be in the form set out in Form 3 and licence shall be as prescribed in Form 4. Every licence to process limu tanga’u shall, in addition to conditions endorsed on the licence, be subject to adherence to the procedures and process required under HACCP standards and any national code of practice required for quality standards of limu tanga’u. Schedule II sets out forms of (application for) licences. The Ministry shall undertake an annual review of seagrass distribution in collection areas through the use of satellite imagery and supplementary field assessments, and report its findings to the Committee.