66. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires-"aquaculture" means the husbanding of aquatic plants and organisms ranging from the propagation of aquatic organisms under human control to the manipulation of at least one stage of an aquatic organism's life for the purpose of increasing production ;"aquaculture enterprise" means any area, enclosure, pond, impoundment, premises or structure set up or used for the cultivation of aquatic plants or organisms for commercial purposes and includes any cultivated pearl oyster or other shellfish bed, or raft or other structure used for cultivation of pearl oyster or other shellfish ;"aquatic medium" means any medium in which fish and other aquatic resources are found;"aquatic resources" means living aquatic organisms and includes any seaweed, phytoplankton or other aquatic flora and non-living substances found In an aquatic medium ;" authorized officer" means any officer authorized by the Director under section 46 (1) and includes any officer of the Army. Air Force or Police not below the rank of Sergeant and any officer of the Navy not below the rank of Petty Officer ;"exclusive economic zone " means the area declared to be the exclusive economic zone of Sri Lanka by proclamation made under section 5 of the Maritime Zones Law, No. 22 of 1976;"export" means to take out of the limits of Sri Lanka to sea or to a foreign country;"fish" means any aquatic organism, whether piscine or not, and Includes any shellfish, crustacean, pearl oyster, mollusc, holothurian, or aquatic mammal and its young, fry, eggs or spawn and includes zooplankton;" fishing boat" means any vessel which in for the time being employed for the purpose of taking of fish and includes its propulsion unit and fishing gear and other equipment;"fishing dispute" means any dispute between two or more persons or groups of persons engaged In fishing in regard to the right to fish, or to the time, manner or location of fishing in any part of Sri Lanka Waters and includes a dispute regarding the use of water or land for aquaculture purposes ;"fishing operation" means catching, taking, killing, collecting, or culturing fish by any method and includes an attempt to catch, take, kill, collect or culture fish;"foreign fishing boat" means any fishing boat other than a local fishing boat;" import" means to bring into Sri Lanka, by sea or by air, from any place outside or beyond the limits of Sri Lanka;" inland waters" means any public rivers, lakes, estuaries, lagoons, streams, tanks, pools, channels and any other public areas of fresh or brackish water in Sri Lanka;"local fishing boat" means any fishing boat- | (a) wholly owned by the Government of Sri Lanka or any public corporation established by or under any law of Sri Lanka; |
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| (b) wholly owned by one or more persons who are citizens of Sri Lanka; or |
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| (c) wholly owned by any company, society or other association of persons, Incorporated or established under the law of Sri Lanka, a majority of the voting shares of which are hold by |
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" Minister" means the Minister appointed under Article 44 of the constitution to be in charge of the subject of Fisheries, and Aquatic Resources ;"National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency'' means the National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency established by the National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency Act, No. 54 of 1981 ;" pearl bank" means such area as may from time to time be prescribed by regulation and includes the bed of such pearl bank ;"pearl oyster" means a pearl bearing oyster of any description, and includes the mollusc commonly called the " window pane oyster " or the " Tam-palakam pearl oyster" and scientifically known as Piacuns placenta, as well as any other pearl producing mollusc which may be introduced, or laid down, off the coasts of Sri Lanka, or in the days or inland waters of Sri Lanka;"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made under this Act;"sale" with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means any transfer of the possession of fish by one person to another In the ordinary course of trade or business for cash or deferred payment or for other valuable consideration ;"Sri Lanka Waters" means- | (a) the area declared to be the territorial sea of Sri Lanka by proclamation made under section 2 of the Maritime Zones Law, No. 22 of 1976; |
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| (b) the area declared to be the contiguous some of Sri Lanka by proclamation made under section 4 of the Maritime Zones Law, No. 22 of 1976 ; |
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| (c) the area declared to be the exclusive economic zone of Sri Lanka by proclamation made under section 5 of the Maritime Zones Law, No. 22 of 1976; |
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| (d) the area declared to be the historic waters of Sri Lanka by proclamation made under Section 9 of the Maritime Zones Law, No of 1976; and |
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| (e) all public baya, rivers, lakes,lagoone,entraries, streams, tanks, pools, channels, and all other public inland or internal waters. |
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