Fishery regulations

Agricultural Science S.S.S 3 First Term

WEEK 7

Fishery regulations

Performance Objectives

Student should be able to:

     1. Explain fishery regulations.

     2. State the fishery regulations.

Content

Meaning of fishery regulation

Fishery regulations are laws or set of rules governing the exploitation and practices of fishery resources. They are also the laws made by the government in order to protect and control fish harvesting so that they do not go into extinction and for there to be regular fish from time to time.

The fishery regulations decree was first promulgated in 1971 under the General Yakubu Gowon administration. The regulations are stated below.

1. Regulation forbids the killing of the near-extinct aquatic animals such as certain species of…