Chapter III Chapter III

Constitution of District Level Aqua-culture Seed Committee

1. (1) The Government may, by notification constitute Aqua-culture Seed Committee at district level, to advise the State Aqua culture Seed Committee on all matters relating to registration and certification of hatcheries of fish / shrimp / scampi hatcheries and to enforce the provisions of the Act and the rules made thereunder.
2. (2) This District Committee shall consist of the following members, namely:
   • (i) the District Collector will be the Chairman of the District Committee;
   • (ii) a nominee of Commissioner of Fisheries / Director of Fisheries shall be a Member;
   • (iii) one member not below the rank of District Officer of fisheries department of the concerned district;
   • (iv) two members, to be nominated by the Government from out of the persons employed by the Marine Products Export Development Authority or Sri Venkateswara Vetarinary University not below the rank of Associate Professors;
   • (v) four persons, to be nominated by the Government to represent such interests as it thinks fit of whom not less than two persons shall be representatives of Hatcheries and Aqua farmers.
3. (3) A member of the District Committee may, unless his seat becomes vacant earlier by resignation or otherwise, be entitled to hold office for a period of two years from the date of assumption: Provided that a person nominated under clause
   • (iii) or clause
   • (iv) of sub-section
4. (2) shall hold office, so long as he holds the appointment by virtue of which his nomination was made.

The District Committee may appoint as many committees as it deems fit consisting wholly of the members of the District Committee or wholly of other persons or partly of members of the District Committee and partly of other persons as it thinks fit to exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be delegated to them, subject to such conditions as the

Proceedings of District Committee not to be invalid by reason of any vacancy therein No proceedings of the District Committee or any Committee thereof shall become invalid merely by reason of the existence of any vacancy therein or any defect in the constitution thereof.

The District Committee may, subject to the previous approval of the State Aqua-culture Seed Committee, make bye- laws for the Committee for the purpose of regulating its own procedure and the procedure of any sub-Committee thereof and the conduct of all business to be transacted by the

Secretary and Other Officers The Government may,-

1. (i) appoint an Officer of the Fisheries Department not below the rank of Assistant Director of the concerned district as Member Secretary of the District Committee; and
2. (ii) provide the District Committee with such technical and other staff as the Government considers necessary.