Nine regulations under the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act including the prohibition of disposing industrial or domestic effluent directly or indirectly to Sri Lanka waters will be taken up for debate in Parliament on January 21.
The regulations will be presented to Parliament by the Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Douglas Devananda in terms of the provisions of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act No. 2 of 1996. These regulations include a number of directives to protect fish and aquatic resources in the Sri Lanka waters, Parliamentary sources told the Sunday Observer.
Accordingly, regulations related to the disposal of any pollutant, waste or foreign matter, fill or reclaim sea areas in a manner causing destruction to fish and aquatic resources in Sri Lanka waters, engagement in removing, cutting or altering mangrove ecosystems in the coastal belt or in any area adjacent to Sri Lanka waters and engagement in any activity which causes a threat to the conservation of fish species in Sri Lanka waters or the coastal belt adjacent to it will be presented to Parliament.