THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY — THE COASTAL AQUACULTURE AUTHORITY ACT, 2005

## Page 1 10 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(i)] MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 30th April, 2009 G.S.R. 302(E)-In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 read with section 24 of the Coastal Aquaculture Authority Act, 2005 (24 of 2005), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to amend the Coastal Aquaculture Authority Rules, 2005, namely 1. (1) These rules may be called the Coastal Aquaculture Authority (Amendment) Rules, 2009. (2) They shall come into force on the date of publication in elle Official Gazette. 2. In section 2 of the Coastal Aquaculture Authority Rule, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), (i) after clause (c), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- '(ca) "Farm" means coastal aquaculture farm intended for culturing endemic or exotic shrimp species, fish or any other aquatic animas in saline or brackish water;'; (ii) after clause (f), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- '(fa) "Hatchery" means shrimp hatchery intended to rear broodstock of endemic or exotic shrimp species, fish or any other aquatic animals in saline or brackish water for - breeding to produce its seed for supply to farms;'; (iii) after clause (g), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- '(ga) "Quarantine" means procedures laid down in the guidelines under Livestock Importation Act, 1898;' 3. "Annexure" to the said rules shall be renumbered as "Annexure-[" and after "Annexure- I" as so renumbered, Annexure-II shall be added at the end, namely:- "Annexure-II Guidelines for Regulating Hatcheries and Farms for introduction of Litopenaeus vannamei PART I Safeguards and regulations for operation of hatcheries 1. Criteria for application