Section 47
Section 61 of the principal Act is amended—
of Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2025
(a)
by inserting after the word “development” the words
“, aquaculture, research, expansion”;
(b)
by inserting after the words “in Malaysian fisheries waters”
the words “for the assurance of safety and quality of fish and fish products,”;
Fisheries (Amendment)
(c)
by substituting for paragraph (k) the following paragraph:
“(k) to prescribe any matter relating to fishing appliances and fishing stakes including any prohibition of method of fishing or fishing appliances;”;
(d)
by substituting for paragraph (l) the following paragraph:
“(l) to prohibit any act including catching, injuring, killing or possessing any species of fish;”;
(e)
in paragraph (s), by inserting after the word “certificates”
the words “, written approval”;
(f)
in paragraph (u), by inserting after the word “sport” the words
“or recreation”;
(g)
in paragraph (x), by inserting after the words
“management of” the words “fish or”;
(h)
in paragraph (ad), by substituting for the words
“reserved to local fishing vessels and Malaysian fishermen”
the words “reserved or zoned to local fishing vessels,
Malaysian fishermen, sport or recreation”;
(i)
in the national language text, in paragraph (af), by substituting for the words “yang merbahaya” the word “terancam”;
(j)
by renumbering the existing paragraph (al) as paragraph (ap); and
(k)
by inserting after paragraph (ak) the following paragraphs:
“(al) to prescribe the offences which may be compounded and the forms to be used and the method and procedure for compounding the offences for the purposes of section 31;
(am) to provide for community based or ecosystem approach to fishery resource management;
(an) to prescribe zone area for the management, conservation, research, development, maintenance, control and protection in Malaysian fisheries waters;
(ao) to prescribe any matter in relation to fisheries expansion service;”.