Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:— (a) “adjudicating Officer” means a Group “A” Officer of the Government of Goa on whom the powers of Adjudicating officer are conferred by the Government under this Act.; (b) “Appellate Board” means an Appellate Board constituted under section 22; (c) “authorised officer” means such officer as the Government may by notification in the Official Gazette authorise in respect of the matter to which reference is made in the provision of this Act in which the expression occurs; (ca) “Directorate of Fisheries” means the Directorate of Fisheries of the Government of Goa; (cb) “fish” includes shell fish and crustaceans; (cc) “fish landing centre” means the landing place where landing or berthing facilities have been provided for fishing vessels and their adjoining areas set apart for repair yards, fuel and ice supply installation, auction hall and such limits as may be specified by the Government from time to time; (cd) “fishing” means any act or activity connected with the catching of fish from any water by using fishing vessel, fixed machine, free net or otherwise and includes stocking of shell fish, conchs and any type of filtration and culturing of them; (ce) “fishing stake” or “stake” or “fishing net” or “fishing gear” or “fixed engine” means any trap or such other contrivance for catching fish either fixed in the soil or river bed or made stationary in any other way in a creek, canal, river, stream, water course or sea;] (d) “Fishing vessel” means a ship or boat, whether or not fitted with mechanical means of propulsion, which is engaged in sea fishing and includes— (i) a catamaran, (ii) a country craft and (iii) a canoe engaged in sea fishing; (e) “Government” means the Government of Goa, Daman and Diu; (f) “port” means the space within such limits as may from time to time be defined by the Government by notification in the Official Gazette, for the purpose of this Act; (fa) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;; (g) “registered fishing vessel” means— (i) a fishing vessel registered under section 11 of the Marine Products Export Development Authority Act, 1972 or; (ii) a fishing vessel registered under section 12; (iii) a fishing vessel registered under section 435 G of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (Central Act 44 of 1958);”.— (h) “specified area” means such area in the sea along the entire coastline of the Union territory, or such portion of it, but not beyond the territorial waters, as may be specified by the Government by notification in the Official Gazette; (i) “Union territory” means the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu and includes the territorial waters along the entire coastline of the Union territory.