These Rules, issued by the Government of Bangladesh under sections 24 and 25 of the Fish Hatchery Act, 2010, establish: registration procedures for fish hatcheries; conditions for hatchery operations; technical standards for different categories of hatcheries; broodstock management requirements; production and distribution requirements for fry, fingerlings, and post-larvae; health, hygiene, traceability, and environmental standards; procedures for licensing, renewal, suspension, and cancellation; enforcement mechanisms and penalties. The Rules establish distinct categories including carp brood and spawn production hatcheries, freshwater prawn and shrimp post-larvae production hatcheries, single-sex tilapia hatcheries; crustaceans, molluscs, frogs. The Rules also concern: technical requirements, breeding requirements, fees, sampling and laboratory testing, use of permitted and prohibited chemicals, waste disposal measures, labelling requirements, pollution prevention, disease prevention and biosecurity management, protection of aquatic genetic resources.
بنغلاديش · 2011-07-12