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FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1988
MARINE FISH MARKETING LAW COMES INTO FORCE
THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
TODAY (FRIDAY)
REGULATIONS LLEGAL WHOLESALING OF MARINE FISH IN HONG KONG.
INTO EFFECT OF THE
NEW AMENDMENT
ANNOUNCED
ENACTED TO
THE
COMING COUNTER
(AMENDMENT)
COUNCIL KARLY THE LANDING AND MUCH HEAVIER FINES FOR
THE MARINK FISH (MARKETING AND EXPORTATION) REGULATIONS 1988, WHICH WERE APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE THIS MONTH, PROVIDE FOR MORE STRINGENT CONTROL OVER TRANSPORTATION OF MARINE FISH AND PRESCRIBE BREACHING THESE PROVISIONS.
UNDER THE
MARINE FISH MUST BE MARKETING ORGANISATION
AMENDMENT REGULATIONS, ALL LANDED ONLY AT A WHOLESALE MARKET OF THE FISH EXCEPT WITH A PERMIT ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING.
IN ADDITION,
THE AMENDMENT
THAN
REGULATIONS PROHIBIT THE
TRANSPORTATION OF MARINE FISH IN QUANTITIES GREATER THAN 60 KILOGRAMS BY SEA ON ANY VESSEL OTHER
FISHING VESSEL. TRANSPORTATION ON MUST BE AUTHORISED BY LAND IN QUANTITIES GREATER THAN 60 KILOGRAMS THE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING.
CONTRAVENTION OF THESE PROVISIONS IS PUNISHABLE THE PREVIOUS LEVEL OF
FINE OF $10,000 -
10
TIMES
IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS.
BY A MAXIMUM $1,000
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COMMENTING
ON THE
AMENDMENT
REGULATIONS, THE
ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT, DR
BY THESE REGULATIONS
DIRECTOR (FISHERIES) OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES CHRISTOPHER LEE, SAID THE NEW CONTROL PROVIDED SERVED TO PLUG A LOOPHOLE IN THE OLD LAW.
THIS HAD HITHERTO ALLOWED THE LANDING DONE RELATIVELY FREELY EXCEPT IN THE ILLEGAL LANDING AND MARKETING.
URBAN
OF MARINE FISH TO BE AREAS, THUS ENCOURAGING
CONSIDERED
FAR
FROM SUFFICIENT TO
"THE PREVIOUS PENALTY IS ACHIEVE A DETERRENT EFFECT. WITH THE TENFOLD INCREASE IN FINES, IT HOPED THAT THE COURT WILL TAKE THE MAXIMUM FINES INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN IMPOSING FINES ON CONVICTED OFFENDERS.
STRENGTHEN
"BY DETERRING ILLEGAL MARKETING, IT SHOULD
WHOLESALE MARKETING OF MARINE FISH IN ORDERLY AND EFFICIENT TERRITORY, THEREBY PROTECTING THE INTERESTS OF FISHERMEN CONSUMERS, HE SAID.
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