1. Vessel Regulations & Management
| Regulation |
Number |
Date |
| Fisheries Boat Registration Regulations (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 109 |
(03.10.1980) |
| Fisheries Boat (Mortgage) Regulations (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1/388 |
(10.09.1976) |
| Registration of Fishing boats Regulations, 1980 {Amendment) (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 948/24 |
(07.11.1996) |
| The Regulations of Fishing Boats (Amendment) (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1430/4 |
(30.01.2006) |
| Local Fishing Boats (Life Jackets) Regulations (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1570/32 |
(09.10.2008) |
| Fishing Boat Safety (Design, Construction, and Equipment) Regulations (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1600/13 |
(05.05.2009) |
| Boat Registration Regulations 1980 (Amendment) (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1730/9 |
(01.11.2011) |
| High Seas Fishing Operations Regulations No 1 of 2014 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1878/12 |
(01.09.2014) |
| High Seas Fishing Operations Regulations No 1 of 2014 (Amendment) (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1892/41 |
(12.12.2014) |
| Minimum Standards for the Citizens of Sri Lanka Engaged in Fishing Operations in Foreign Waters (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1945/07 |
(14.12.2015) |
| Minimum Standards for the Citizens of Sri Lanka Engaged in Fishing Operations in Foreign-Flagged Fishing Boats (Amendment) (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2107/50 |
(25.01.2019) |
| Issuance of Certificates of Competence for Skippers (Local Fishing Boats) Regulations (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2126/6 |
(03.06.2019) |
| Mechanized Fishing Boats Orders (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. |
(2023) |
| The Issuance of Certificates of Competence for Skippers (Local Fishing Boats) Regulations Amendment (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2369/31 |
(01.02.2024) |
2. Fishing Operations & Methods
| Regulation |
Number |
Date |
| Madel (Beach Seine) Fishing Regulations (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 337/48 |
(21.02.1985) |
| Regulations of Fishing Activities in the sea adjacent to the coast of the Administrative District of Colombo and Gampaha (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 437/46 |
(19.01.1987) |
| Purse-Seine Regulations (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 437/46 |
(19.01.1987) |
| Fishing Operations regulations of 1996 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 948/25 |
(07.11.1996) |
| Fishing Operation Regulations 1996 (Amendment) (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1392/8 |
(11.05.2005) |
| Bolgoda Reservoir ( Fishing Operations) Regulations, 2007 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1493/18 |
(20.04.2007) |
| Landing of Fish Regulations 1997 (Amendment) (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1555/13 |
(26.06.2008) |
| Landing of Fish Regulations 1997 (Amendment) (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1700/19 |
(07.04.2011) |
| Prohibited Fishing within the Mentioned Area Described in the Schedule by the Chart and Map (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1702/2 |
(18.04.2011) |
| Regulations for the fishing of cuttlefish (fishing Operations) in sea area of Udappuwa and Semuthu Thoduwawa in the Puttalam District (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1733/23 |
(23.11.2011) |
| Inland Fishing Operation Regulations 2011 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1733/24 |
(23.11.2011) |
| The fishing Operation Regulations of catching live ornamental fish or lobster in the south coast (Matara and Galle District) fisheries Management Area 2012 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1770/ 25 |
(10.08.2012) |
| Prohibition of Catching Thresher Shark Regulations (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1768/36 |
(27.07.2012) |
| Fishing Operations Regulations of catching Chank or Lobster in the South Coast (Hambantota District) Fisheries Management Area 2012 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1774/36 |
(07.09.2012) |
| Prohibited Fishing within the Mentioned Area Described in the Schedule by the Chart and Map (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1801/28 |
(14.03.2013) |
| The Fishing Gear Marking Regulations No 1 of 2015 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No.1904/10 |
(03.03.2015) |
| Prohibition of Use of Spears in Fishing Operations Regulations (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2008/31 |
(03.03.2017) |
| Prohibition of Catching Fish Species Thambuwa (Cephalapholis sonnerati) Regulations (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2014/4 |
(11.04.2017) |
| Prohibition of Catching Fish Species Thambuwa (Cephalapholis sonnerati) Regulations 2017 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2014/4 |
(11.04.2017) |
| Madel (Beach Seine ) Fishing Regulations 1984 (Amendment) Gazette extraordinary No . and dated 2018.04.05 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2065/33 |
(05.04.2018) |
| The Fishing Operations Regulations of 1996 (Amendment) (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2115/8 |
(18.03.2019) |
| Madel (Beach Seine) Fishing Regulations (Amendment 2022) (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2266/6 |
(07.02.2022) |
| The Fishing Operations Regulations of 1996 (Amendment 2023) (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2319/20 |
(13.02.2023) |
| Recreational Fishing Management Regulations 2023 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2319/19 |
(13.02.2023) |
3. Fisheries Resource Management & Conservation
| Regulation |
Number |
Date |
| The old Dutch canal and Mundal lagoon Fishing Regulations 1996 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 916/11 |
(28.03.1996) |
| Chilaw Lagoon Fisheries Regulation 1996 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 916/12 |
(28.03.1996) |
| Inland Fisheries Management Regulations (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 948/25 |
(07.11.1996) |
| The Aquaculture Management Regulations (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 948/25 |
(07.11.1996) |
| Lobster Fisheries Management Regulations (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1123/2 |
(13.03.2000) |
| Fisheries Management (Matara District, Thotamuna, Ginigasmulla} Regulations 2000 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1149/3 |
(12.09.2000) |
| Fishery Management (Batticaloa Lagoon ) Regulations of 2001 Gazette extraordinary No. and dated 2001.01.15 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1167/3 |
(15.01.2001) |
| Sea Shells Fisheries Management and Export Regulations 2001 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1188/3 |
(11.06.2001) |
| The Regulations of the landing of fish (Species of Shark and Skates) Regulations 2001 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1206/20 |
(17.10.2001) |
| Order of Madiha Polhena Coral Reef Ecosystem Fisheries Management Area (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1191/6 |
(02.07.2001) |
| Parakrama Samudraya Fisheries Management Area Regulations 2002 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1255 /24 |
(26.09.2002) |
| Chank Fisheries Management and Export Regulations (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1298/1 |
(21.07.2003) |
| Order of Reservoirs covering up relevant Grama Niladhari Divisions located in the Eastern, North Central, North Western, Central and Southern Provinces, Districts and divisional secretaries are declared as separate fisheries Management area (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No.1384/9 |
(15.03.2005) |
| Order of Reservoirs covering up relevant Grama Niladhari Divisions located in the North west, North Central, Central, Northern and Uwa Provinces, relevant Districts and divisional secretaries are declared as separate fisheries Management area (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1415/4 |
(18.10.2005) |
| Monofilament Nets Prohibition Regulations (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1454/33 |
(21.07.2006) |
| Declaration of Prohibited Time Period for Lobster (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No.1601/36 |
(05.05.2009) |
| Nilwella Fisheries Regulations No. 1 of 2011 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1711/4 |
(20.06.2011) |
| The Fish Catch Data Collection Regulations 2014 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No.1878/11 |
(01.09.2014) |
| Shark Fishery Management (High Seas) Regulations, 2015 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No.1938/2 |
(26.10.2015) |
| The Blue Swimming Crab Fishery Management Regulations(Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2277/04 |
(25.04.2022) |
| The Mud Crab Fishery Management Regulations 2024 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2371/35 |
(15.02.2024) |
| Fisheries Development and Management Plan of the Chilaw Lagoon (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2375/21 |
(12.03.2024) |
| Conservation of Fish and Aquatic Resources within Sri Lanka Waters (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2008/30 |
(03.03.2017) |
4. Monitoring & Surveillance
| Regulation |
Number |
Date |
| Fisheries (Information ) Regulations,1997 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 972/15 |
(25.04.1997) |
| Aquaculture (Monitoring of Residues) Regulations 2002 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1237/19 |
(22.05.2002) |
| Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Regulations 2015 (Amendment) (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2027/32 |
(13.07.2017) |
| Implementation of Satellite-Based Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) and Other Electronic Vessel Monitoring Systems (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2310/37 |
(15.12.2022) |
| Implementation of Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1907/47 |
(26.03.2015) |
| Fish Catch Data Collection Regulations (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1755/32 |
(25.04.2012) |
| Payment of Reward Regulations (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1430/5 |
(30.01.2006) |
5. Import & Export Regulations
| Regulation |
Number |
Date |
| The Export and Import of Live Fish Regulations, 1998 (Amendment) (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1098/3 |
(20.09.1999) |
| The Export and Import of Live Fish Regulations, 1998 (Amendment) (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1273/6 |
(27.01.2003) |
| Fish and Fishery Products, Export, Import and Re-export Management Regulations 2017 (Amendment) (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2218/64 |
(12.03.2012) |
| Import and Export of Cultured Coral Species on Artificial Substrates (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2319/21 |
(13.02.2023) |
| The Export and Import of Live Fish Regulations (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1036/13 |
(16.07.1998) |
| Fish and Fishery Products, Export, Import, and Re-export Management Regulations (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2023/51 |
(15.06.2017) |
| Fishing (Import and Export) Regulations (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1665/16 |
(04.08.2010) |
6. Fisheries Management Areas
7. Fish Handling & Processing
8. Fees & Licensing
9. Special Environmental & Species Protection
10. Administrative & Committee Orders
| Regulation |
Number |
Date |
| Fisheries Committee Regulations,1997 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 972/15 |
(25.04.1997) |
| The Fisheries Committee Regulations,1997 (Amendment) (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1071/20 |
(19.03.1999) |
| Notification of establishment of Rakawa Lagoon Fisheries Management Committee (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1176 /21 |
(22.03.2001) |
| Notification of establishment of Fisheries Management Committees for Muruthawela reservoir Management Area (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1223/36 |
(12.02.2002) |
| Notification of establishment of Fisheries Management Committees for Ridiyagama reservoir Management Area (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1270/28 |
(09.01.2003) |
| Notification of establishment of Fisheries Management Committee for Panama Lagoon Fisheries Management Area Gazette Extraordinary No. and dated 2008.09.15 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1567/5 |
(15.09.2008) |
| Notification of establishment of Committees for catching live ornamental fish and lobster in the South Coast (Matara and Galle District ) Fisheries Management Area (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1743/8 |
(31.01.2012) |
| Notification of establishment of Committees for catching Chank and lobster in the South Coast (Hambantota District ) Fisheries Management Area (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1745/6 |
(31.01.2012) |
| Notification of establishment of Committees for Chilaw lagoon Fisheries Management Area (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1772/29 |
(22.08.2012) |
| Notification of establishment of Committees for Puttalam lagoon Fisheries Management Area (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1772/29 |
(22.08.2012) |
| Notification of establishment of Committees for East Coast (Batticaloa District) Fisheries Management Area (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1819/17 |
(17.07.2013) |
| Notification of establishment of Committees for Kokkilai Lagoon (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 1995/9 |
(29.11.2016) |
| Fisheries Management committee had been established and registered for Thalan Lagoon Fisheries Management Area published in Gazette Extraordinary No. dated 13.07.2017 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2027/33 |
(13.07.2017) |
| Fisheries Management committee had been established and registered for Madampa Lagoon Fisheries Management Area published in Gazette Extraordinary No. dated 13.07.2017 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2027/33 |
(13.07.2017) |
| Fisheries Management committee had been established and registered for Koggala Lagoon Fisheries Management Area published in Gazette Extraordinary No. dated 13.07.2017 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2027/33 |
(13.07.2017) |
| Fisheries Management committee had been established and registered for Garanduwa Lagoon Fisheries Management Area published in Gazette Extraordinary No. dated 13.07.2017 (Download) |
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2027/33 |
(13.07.2017) |
