Regd: No: TNICCN/467/2012-14. [R: Dis: No. 197/2009 [Price: Rs: 4.80 Paise. — The Tamil Nadu Marine Fishing Regulation Act, 1983

[Regd: No: TNICCN/467/2012-14. [R: Dis: No. 197/2009 [Price: Rs: 4.80 Paise. GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU 2017 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 150] CHENNAI; FRIDAY, MAY 26, 2017 Vaikasi 12, Hevilambi; Thiruvalluvar Aandu -2048 PART IV_Section 2 Tamil Nadu Acts and Ordinances The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly received the assent of the Governor on the 26th July 2017 and is hereby published for general information ACT No. 18 OF 2017 An Act further to amend the Tamil Nadu Marine Fishing Regulation Act; 1983 BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Sixty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1J (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Marine Fishing Short title and Regulation (Amendment) Act; 2016 commence- (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government ment may, by notification, appoint Tamil Nadu 2. In the long title to the Tamil Nadu Marine Fishing Regulation Act; Amendment Act 8 of 1983 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act) , for the expression 'in of long title 1983 the sea along the whole or part of the coastline of the State' the expression "and for the protection and conservation of fishery resources in the sea along the whole or part of the coastline of the State and for matters connected therewith" shall be substituted. 3. In section 3 of the principal Act; Amendment of section 3 1) after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- (bb) "artificial reef" means one or more objects of natural or man-made structure deployed on the seafloor for the purpose of enhancing fishery resources;' TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY (2) after clause (c); the following clauses shall be inserted, namely: '(ca) "boat build