Regulating of fish auctioning

Regulating of fish auctioning.-

1. (1) No person shall conduct fish auctioning through places other than the landing centre, harbour and market which are notified as per sub-section
2. (1) of section 3 of this Act; Provided that nothing in this sub-section prevents the fishermen from directly marketing the fish without auction.
3. (2) No person who has not obtained licence under section 5 of this Act shall conduct fish auctioning in landing centre, harbour or market: Provided that in any special circumstance, the Authorised Officer may grant licence in the prescribed manner, on the basis of the recommendation of the Harbour Management Society / Fish Landing Centre Management Society concerned, for engaging in fish auctioning temporarily outside the landing centre, harbour or market notified by the Government.
4. (3) The manner of conducting fish auctioning and allied activities shall be, in the prescribed manner.
5. (4) An amount not exceeding five percent of the amount of auction may be realised as auction commission, in the manner prescribed.
6. (5) The auction commission realised as per sub-section (4), may be apportioned as follows, namely:—
   • (a) Fish Landing Centre /Fishing Harbour
     • (i) to the Auctioneer- twenty percentage;
     • (ii) to the Harbour Management Society/ Fish Landing Centre Management Society- twenty percentage;
     • (iii) to return to the fishermen concerned as annual production bonus- forty percentage.
     • (iv) to the societies taking part in the auction-twenty percentage.
   • (b) Fish Market
     • (i) to the Auctioneer- twenty percentage;
     • (ii) to the Fish Market Management Society- twenty percentage;
     • (iii) to the Fishermen Welfare Fund Board for carrying out welfare activities- thirty percentage.
     • (iv) to the Local Self Government Institutions/ owner of the market- thirty percentage.
7. (6) No person, including the auctioneer, shall realise any other benefits of any kind, as money or otherwise, in connection with fish auctioning.
8. (7) The auction shall be conducted on the basis of the number or weight of fish or the number of box or basket in which they contain.
9. (8) Any person who has availed loan from the Fishermen Development Welfare Co-operative Society for acquiring fishing equipments shall not engage in fish auctioning except through the auctioneer deputed by the said society.
10. (9) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be subjected to penal actions under section 30 of this Act.