Malaysia legislation
Section 2
Section 2
In this Ordinance—
“aquaculture” means the propagation in inland waters of fish, turtle and frog seed or the raising of fish, turtle and frog seed through husbandry during the whole or any part of its life cycle, including any culture system employed in aquaculture;
“aquatic life” means any living organism or creature found in inland waters, and includes plants and other materials in such waters which are sources of food for such organism or creature;
“cage” means any net or appliance or structure used in a culture system in any river or stream for aquaculture;
“culture system” means any establishment, structure or facility employed in aquaculture, and includes on-bottom culture, cage culture, hanging-net culture, pen culture, pond culture, pole or stick culture, raceway culture, raft culture, rope culture and hatchery;
“disease” means any clinical or non-clinical infection with one or more of the aetiological agents of the diseases listed in the
First Schedule to the Veterinary Public Health Ordinance, 1999
[Cap. 32];
“feed” means any organic or mineral substances or mixtures of such substances used as food for fish, and includes fishmeal;
“fish” means any aquatic animal or plant life, whether sedentary or not, and includes all species of finfish, crustacea, mollusca, aquatic mammals, or their eggs or spawn, fry, fingerling, spat or young and fish from maritime waters taken into the State, but does not include any specie of otters, turtles or their eggs;
“fish products” means any item of food or consumable substances made, manufactured, processed, or derived from fish, including feed and any other form of fish food produced in the
State;
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“fisheries sanctuary” means any area within and on inland waters in the State constituted under section 17;
“fishing appliance” includes a fishing net, a fishing trap, and any gear, with or without floats, buoys or sinkers, designed for capturing fish, but does not include—
(a)
any such gear of the hook-and-line type having not more than two hooks;
(b)
a cast net of the type known as “jala”; and
(c)
any fishing appliance specified in the Second
Schedule;
“fishing stakes” means any device used for fishing which is made up of poles or other supports fixed into the ground and enclosed by ramie, rattan, wire or other screening material and so designed as to lead fish into such device;
“fishing vessel” means any ship, boat, craft or other vessel which is used for, equipped to be used for, or of a type used for―
(a)
fishing;
(b)
aquaculture; or
(c)
aiding or assisting any other ship, boat, craft or other vessel in the performance of any activity related to fishing, including any of the activities of preparation, processing, refrigeration, storage, supply or transportation of fish;
“Government” means the State Government of Sarawak;
“hatchery” includes any structure, tank, vessel or facility for the propagation of fish seed;
“inland fisheries” mean fisheries in riverine waters;
“inland waters” mean riverine waters and the waters of any lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, dams and all other waters within the boundaries of the State;
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“Minister” means the Minister of the State Government of
Sarawak who is for the time being charged with the responsibility for fisheries;
“national parks”, “nature reserves” and “wild life sanctuary”
shall have the meanings assigned to those expressions under the
National Parks and Nature Reserves Ordinance, 1998 [Cap. 27]
and the Wild Life Protection Ordinance, 1998 [Cap. 26]
respectively;
“prohibited fishing zone” means any area in riverine waters declared to be a prohibited fishing zone under section 21;
“river mouth” means that part of the river delineated by an imaginary line drawn contiguous with the shape of the adjoining coast, bay, inlet or islet across a river at its estuary or delta where it meets the sea;
“riverine waters” means the waters of any river, from the river mouth to its source, and the waters in any lake, stream, pond and such other waters in the State of Sarawak whether natural or man-made, privately owned or otherwise;
“State” means the State of Sarawak;
“State Fisheries Officer” means the officer appointed under section 4, and includes his Deputy or any officer acting in, or temporarily discharging the duties, of his office;
“State Veterinary Authority” means the authority appointed under section 3(1) of the Veterinary Public Health Ordinance,
1999 [Cap. 32];
“stow net” means a fishing appliance made of whatever netting materials in the shape of a bag or codend attached to poles fixed permanently or impermanently in the riverbed set against the flow of the current for the purpose of catching fish;
“veterinary surgeon” shall have the meaning assigned to that expressions by the Veterinary Public Health Ordinance, 1999
[Cap. 32].
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