Malaysia legislation
Section 61
Section 61
Power of Minister to make regulations
The Minister may make regulations specifically or generally for the proper conservation, development and management of maritime and estuarine fishing and fisheries in Malaysian fisheries waters and in respect of related industries, for the monitoring, control and surveillance of local fishing vessels on the high seas, for the proper conservation, development, management and regulation of turtles beyond the jurisdiction of any State in Malaysia, and for the implementation of the provisions of this Act, including but not restricted to regulations for all or any of the following purposes:
(a)
to prescribe the rules and procedures in respect of foreign capital investment and joint venture proposals in fisheries, including the procedures for effective transfer of technology and training of Malaysian personnel;
(b)
to prescribe the number, nationality and composition of persons permitted to be employed or carried on fishing vessels;
(c)
to prescribe manning standards for fishing vessels and to establish boards of examiners to examine
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candidates in their proficiency in such standards for certification, in consultation with the Director General of the Marine Department;
(d)
to establish the conditions to be observed by local and foreign fishing vessels within Malaysian fisheries waters, including conditions relating to the stowage of their fishing appliance when not in use, and to regulate the conduct of their fishing operations generally;
(e)
to provide for the licensing, regulation and management of any particular fishery;
(f)
to establish closed seasons in respect of specified fishery areas or in respect of specified species of fish, or specified methods of fishing;
(g)
to prescribe limitations on the quantity, size and weight of fish caught and retained or traded;
(h)
to prescribe minimum mesh sizes of nets;
(i)
to specify prohibited fishing areas for all fish or certain species of fish or methods of fishing;
(j)
without prejudice to section 45, to regulate activities in marine parks and marine reserves established under