Fisheries (Control Of Endangered Species Of Fish) Regulations 1999
PU(A) 409/1999
Tambahan No. 98 Perundangan (A) kepada Warta No. 20 - 30 hb September 1999.
IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 61 of the Fisheries Act 1985 [Act 317], the
Minister makes the following regulations:
1. Citation.
These regulations may be cited as the Fisheries (Control of Endangered Species of Fish)
Regulations 1999.
2. Prohibition.
(1) No person shall fish for, disturb, harass, catch, kill, take, possess, sell, buy, export or transport
any endangered species of fish specified in the Schedule except with the written permission of the
Director-General.
(2) The Director-General may, in granting a written permission referred to in subregulation (1) ,
impose any condition as he thinks fit.
(3) Where any endangered species of fish specified in the Schedule is caught or taken
unavoidably during fishing, such endangered species of fish shall, if it is alive, be released
immediately or, if it is dead, the catching or taking thereof shall be reported to a fisheries officer
and the endangered species of fish shall be disposed of in accordance with his directions.
3. Offence.
Any person who contravenes subregulation 2(1) or any of the condition imposed by the DirectorGeneral under subregulation 2(2) commits an offence.
SCHEDULE
Regulation 2
ENDANGERED SPECIES OF FISH
Species under the Dugong group
Dugong dugon
Species under the Whale group
Balaenoptera edeni
Balaenoptera borealis
Balaenoptera musculus
Balaenoptera physalus
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Megaptera novaeangliae
Species under the Dolphin group
Orcaella brevirostris
Sousa chinensis
Orcinus orca
Tursiops truncatus
Lagenodelphis hosed
Stenella longirostris
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Grampus griseus
Kogia breviceps
Neophocaena phocaenoides
Delphinus delphis
Pseudorca crassidens
Physeter catodon
Species under the Whale Shark group
Rhinocodon typus Smith
Species under the Clams group
Tridacna gigas
Tridacna squamosa
Tridacna maxima
Tridacna crocea