Section 3
[(ea) " Nucleus Breeding Centre " means a coastal aquaculture unit carrying on biosecured coastal aquaculture activity which has an established freedom from disease causing pathogens for the purpose of producing domesticated specific pathogen free, specific pathogen tolerant and specific pathogen resistant stocks;
3 [(ea) " Nucleus Breeding Centre " means a coastal aquaculture unit carrying on biosecured coastal aquaculture activity which has an established freedom from disease causing pathogens for the purpose of producing domesticated specific pathogen free, specific pathogen tolerant and specific pathogen resistant stocks;
(eb) " operator " means any person or firm that is engaged in the operation of the coastal aquaculture activity;
(ec) " owner " , in relation to any coastal aquaculture unit, includes—
(i) his legal heirs or agent; and
(ii) an operator, a mortgagee, lessee, including sub-lessee or any other person in actual possession of such coastal aquaculture unit;
(ed) " pharmacologically active substance or antimicrobial agent " means a naturally occurring, semi -synthetic or synthetic substance that, at in vivo concentration, exhibits antimicrobial activity of killing or inhibiting the growth of microorganisms;]
(f) " prescribed " means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(g) " regulations " means the regulations made by the Authority under this Act.
(2) Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.