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Marine Fish Culture
[1983 Ed.
Restrictions on fish culture.
[In force on 9.7.82, L.N. 267/82.)
Prohibition of fish culture outside fish culture zones. [In force on 9.7.82, L.N. 267/82.]
Grant of licences and renewal thereof.
6. (1) No person shall, without a licence, engage in fish culture within a fish culture zone.
(2) No person shall, without a permit granted under section 14(1)(a), engage in fish culture within the waters of Hong Kong for the purposes of scientific research.
(3) No person shall, without a permit granted under section 14(1)(b), maintain fish in captivity within the waters of Hong Kong for purposes other than the propagation or promotion of growth of such fish.
(4) Any person who contravenes this section commits an offence.
7. (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall engage in fish culture within the waters of Hong Kong outside a fish culture zone.
(2) This section shall not apply to—
(a) fish culture for the purposes of scientific research; and
(b) the maintenance of fish in captivity for purposes other than the propagation or promotion of growth of such fish.
(3) Any person who contravenes this section commits an offence.
8. (1) Subject to this Ordinance, the Director may grant to any person a licence, and renew such licence, to engage in fish culture within a fish culture zone.
(2) The form of application for the grant or renewal of a licence and the form of the licence shall be specified by the Director.
(3) A licence may be granted, and may be renewed, subject to such conditions as the Director thinks fit.
(4) The Director shall specify in a licence—
(a) the site in respect of which the licence is valid;
(b) the area of the rafts or impoundments permitted under the licence; and
(c) the conditions to which the licence is subject.
(5) A licence shall not be transferable.
(6) The Director may refuse to grant or renew a licence if it appears to him—
(a) that, having regard to the size or location of a fish culture zone, the grant or renewal of a licence would cause overcrowding of the fish culture zone or would otherwise not be in the best interests of fish culture;
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