Malaysia legislation
Section 15
Section 15
(a)
fish or attempt to fish; or
(b)
subject to subsection (1A) conduct any techno-economic research or survey of any fishery, unless authorized so to do under an international fishery agreement in force between the Government of Malaysia and the government of the country, or between the Government of Malaysia and the international organization, to which such vessel belongs or in which such vessel is registered, as the case may be, and under a permit issued under section 19.
(1A)
Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(b), a foreign fishing vessel may conduct any techno-economic research or survey of any fishery in the
Malaysian fisheries waters subject to the general directions of the
Director General and the following conditions, that is:
(a)
there is in respect of the conduct of such research or survey an agreement between a Malaysian citizen and such person to whom such foreign fishing vessel belongs;
(b)
the conduct of such research or survey shall be under the general directive of the Director General; and
(c)
any data and findings of such research or survey shall be made available to the Director General in such manner and at such frequency as he may prescribe.
(2)
No foreign fishing vessel shall load or unload any fish, fuel or supplies or tranship any fish in Malaysian fisheries waters without the written approval of the Director General.
Fisheries 27
Passage of foreign fishing vessel through Malaysian fisheries waters