Powers to regulate, restrict or prohibit certain fishing activities and habitat therein within trout waters, reserved waters and protected waters

(1) The Government may, having regard to matters referred to in sub-section (2) of section 5, by notification in the Official Gazette, regulate, restrict or prohibit in any trout waters, reserved waters and protected waters and habitat therein,–– (a) the catching of such species of fish and for such period, as may be specified, in the notification ; (b) the fishing by such class or classes of fishing vessels and for such period, as may be specified in the notification ; (c) the use of such fishing gears, as may be specified in the notification ; (d) the collection of biological specimen ; (e) the number of fishing vessels/small boats which may be used for fishing ; and (f) the extraction of bed material including sand, bajri and boulders.