Section 15: Regulations

Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Minister may make regulations-(a) to provide guidelines aimed at encouraging persons engaged in the fishing industry to make voluntary arrangements on a comparative or other basis for the selling of fish or the buying of equipment, supplies and other requisites for the fishing industry and to provide for financial or other assistance for bringing the arrangement into operation;
(b) to regulate the handling, processing and storage of fish or fish products on craft or on-shore and the times and places at and in which the landing of fish may be effected;
(c) for the registration of distributors and retailers of fish or fish products and of any premises used for the distribution or retailing and for the accounting and the records to be kept and the information to be furnished by them in relation to their business;
(d) for the maintenance of good order among the persons engaged in fishing and in the fishing industry and the regulation of any other matter or thing relating to the protection of fish and the administration of the fishing industry;
(e) generally for carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.
(2) The Minister or Commissioner, as the case may be, shall determine whether enclosures, including pens and cages used for fish, shall attract a licence fee or not.