Restriction on aquaculture activities

(1) No person shall engage in aquaculture, filtration or conducting hatchery in inland water bodies except with a certificate of registration or licence obtained in accordance with the provisions of this Act or the Rules made thereunder. (2) No other species of fish seed collected from the natural sources other than the species specified by the Government by notification shall be used for aquaculture. (3) The Government may by Rules, limit, regulate or prohibit permanently or temporarily all or any of the following matters, namely:— (a) medicines, antibiotics, pesticides and pesticides for the use of aquaculture; (b) conducting intensive/highly intensive aquaculture causing harm to environment; (c) use of ecologically important areas such as mangrove areas or breeding centres of fish or nurseries for aquaculture; (d) integrated fish farming detrimental to the paddy cultivation without rotation of crops; (e) use of non-domestic fish and fish seeds for fish farming without subjecting them to quarantine proceedings and quality check; (f) fish farming without considering the carrying capacity of inland water sources indiscriminately.