Section 27

to regulate or prohibit the erection, maintenance, working, repair or lighting of fishing stakes in maritime and estuarine waters;

to regulate or prohibit any method of fishing or the use of any fish traps or fishing nets;

to provide for the licensing, control, supervision and protection of any fishery and of the cultivation of fish or any particular species of fish;

to set out requirements and procedures for document control and recording by any fishery or persons involved in the cultivation of fish so as to monitor the supply of fish in Singapore for human consumption, including —

the information that must be collected about the fish or a particular species of fish;

the periods for which the information must be kept; and

how, when and to whom that information must be reported;

to prescribe the species or the minimum weights and sizes of fish which may be cultured, captured or taken for the purposes of sale, processing, consumption, consignment, rearing or sport;

to prescribe the mesh size and sizes of nets which may be used for the capture of any particular species of fish or for any method of fishing;

to prescribe and control the types, dimensions and specifications of vessels which may be used for the capture of any particular species of fish or for any method of fishing;

to prescribe the areas and the periods of time in the year within which any particular species or size of fish may be killed or captured or any particular method of fishing is prohibited or restricted;

to prohibit, except in accordance with the terms and conditions of a licence, the killing or capture of fish or any particular species or size of fish in any specified area;

to require the supply by any person concerned in the capture of fish or by any fish culturist or fish dealer of such information as may be necessary to determine the measures to be taken to improve the fishing industry and trade or for the compilation of fishery statistics;

to prescribe areas where fish may be landed;

to regulate and control the landing, collection, transportation, marketing and distribution of fish and to appoint any person, organisation or board as may be necessary to effect such regulation and control;

to prescribe and control areas which may be used as fishing ports or harbours or areas where fishing vessels may be allowed to moor;

to prescribe and control the route or routes to be used by fishing vessels within territorial waters;

to regulate and control by licensing the use of ponds, pools, lakes, swamps, foreshores and any inland waters for the cultivation of fish;

to regulate or prohibit any method of cultivation of fish;

to regulate and control the sale or exhibition of fish or any competition held in respect of fish, including the licensing of premises for such purposes;

to register fishermen, fish culturists, fish dealers or any person connected with fishing or the fishing industry;

to license fishing vessels, fishing stakes, fishing nets, gear and equipment, and the like;

to regulate or prohibit the import, export or transhipment of any species of fish if the Minister is of the opinion that such species of fish may pose a threat to the ecological balance or integrity of fisheries, or to public safety;

to regulate or prohibit the construction of any bunds, slides, dams or other barriers or obstruction in inland and estuarine waters;

to regulate or prohibit the deposit or discharge of any solid, liquid or gaseous substances whether beneficial or detrimental to fish;

to control the arrival and departure of fishing vessels including the issue of port clearances;

to inspect and survey fishing vessels with regard to seaworthiness and fitness for any particular method of fishing prior to licensing and to impose such conditions as may be necessary;

to prescribe and regulate lifesaving appliances to be carried by fishing vessels including lifebuoys, lifejackets, firefighting equipment, light, sound and visual signals, medicines, and the like;

to prescribe and regulate the minimum and maximum number and grade of persons to be carried on board any fishing vessel;