Directions regarding the restrictions regarding fish protection and fishing

Subject to the provision of the Act, the following restrictions shall be followed by the prescribed body for the fish protection— (1) Dynamiting, toxic chemicals and plant, electric current etc destructive experiments, in the water reservoir of fisheries shall be completely restricted but in view of bio diversity and environment, variation in the flow of stream shall be permitted to the same extent whereby the flow was not effected adversely. (2) Illegal methods of fishing shall be prohibited completely for saving the big fish along with their innumerable eggs and small fish from destruction. (3) The State Government may, from time to time, issue comprehensive direction to prohibit the invalid methods of illegal fishing for eliminating the adverse effect held on the water biological balance of river and streams. (4) The fishery department shall ensure to communicate the importance of the protection of important fish species like trout and Mahseer in the rivers and stream by ensuring the participants of department owned the water, institutions and local people. (5) Catching any fish of the weight of less than the following weight under fishing from angling and other fix methods shall be prohibited--- (i) Rainbow trout- weight of less than 300 grm (ii) Brown trout- weight of less than 300 grm (iii) Snow trout - weight of less than 250 grm (iv) Common carp- weight of less than 300 grm (v) Mahseer - weight of less than 400 grm (vi) Catla- weight of less than 500 grm (vii) Rohu- weight of less than 500 grm (viii) Nain- weight of less than 400 grm (ix) Silver carp - weight of less than 500 grm (x) Gras carp- weight of less than 500 grm (xi) Cania- weight of less than 300 grm Note- In addition to the abovesaid mentioned fish species, catching, destructing or selling of fish of other species of the weight less than 500 grm in plain area and of the weight less than 250 grm for hilly area shall be prohibited. (6) Fish caught of less than the specified weight under fishing from angling and other fix methods shall leave back in same water reservoir. (7) The concerned departments, while permitting to remove sand,