Coastal Aquaculture Authority: (Amendment) Bill, 2023

On 21st July, 2023, the Standing Committee on Agriculture Animal Husbandry and Food Processing submitted its report on the Coastal Aquaculture Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2023.

The Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha in April, 2023, seeks to amend the Coastal Aquaculture Authority Act, 2005.

Salient Features

Regulation of Allied Coastal Aquaculture Activities

  • It adds that any facility that is engaged in coastal aquaculture or any allied activity will be regulated as a coastal aquaculture unit.
  • Allied activities include nucleus breeding centres, hatcheries, brood stock multiplication centres and farms.
  • The Bill provides for the registration and regulation of such units.

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