Regulation 2: A person shall not use a local industrial or semi-industrial fishing vessel for fishing in the fishery waters except in accordance with a lic ...

Regulation 3: (1) A fishing vessel shall be registered by the Commission in collaboration with the competent authority after payment of the prescribed fee. ...

Regulation 4: (1)  A person shall not sell, buy, transfer or inscribe the registration number of a fishing vessel onto another fishing vessel. (2 ...

Regulation 5: (1) The markings on a fishing vessel shall be in (a) white on a black background, or (b) black on a white background, and the ...

Regulation 6: (1) A person shall not use a seine net in any riverine system unless that person obtains a permit from the Commission or a person authorised ...

Regulation 7 A person shall not set a gill net across a waterway, the length of which is more than two-thirds of the width of the waterway.  ...

Regulation 7 A person shall not set a gill net across a waterway, the length of which is more than two-thirds of the width of the waterway.  ...

Regulation 9: A person shall not use a beach seine in areas designated as marine protected areas by the Commission.  ...

Regulation 10:(1) A person shall not manufacture, import, sell or use a fishing net, the mesh of which is less than twenty-five millimetres in stretched diagona ...

Regulation 11: (1) A person shall not (a) use light attraction for the purpose of fishing or (b) use any other prohibited fishing method which re ...

Regulation 12: (1) A person shall not operate from or carry on board a motor fishing vessel, (a) a trawl net the mesh of which is less than seventy-fi ...

Regulation 13: (1) For purposes of this regulation a mesh size is defined as the maximum inside measurement between the two opposite knots of a stretched m ...

Regulation 14: (1) A person shall not catch or land at any landing site in the country, fish of a size of less than the prescribed length as provided in Fo ...

Regulation 15: (1) A person shall not use (a) a net for fishing other than the minimum mesh size prescribed by these Regulations, and (b) any top ...

Regulation 16: (1) A person shall not use a shrimp net in fishing without a Turtle Excluder Device. (2) A turtle accidentally caught shall be released ...

Regulation 17:A person shall not fish for marine or freshwater mammals in the fishery waters of the country without prior written approval from the Director of ...

Regulation 18: (1) A motor fishing vessel exceeding twelve metres in waterline length shall carry the following lights between sunset and sunrise; (a) ...

Regulation 19: (1) A motor fishing vessel (a) not exceeding eight metres in waterline length shall carry(i)  one anchor and chain cable, (ii ...

Regulation 20: (1) Small fishing vessels including canoes whether operative under paddle or sail or driven by outboard motor, operating between the hours o ...

Regulation 21: (1) The use of fish aggregating device in tuna fishing should conform with ICCAT Regulations. (2) During periods of moratorium on the u ...

Regulation 22: (1) For the purposes of scientific research the Commission shall specify the methods for the disposal of catches.(2) A person shall not use ...

Regulation 23:(1) An application for a fishing licence shall be as in Form D of the Schedule and upon payment of the prescribed fee. (2) An applicant shall ...

Regulation 24: A Ghanaian registered fishing vessel shall not fish in foreign waters except in accordance with a licence issued by the Commission and subje ...

Regulation 25: (1) Each submerged stationery fishing gear or surface drifting gear shall bear conspicuous surface lighted markers which must be visible in ...

Regulation 26: The master of a local industrial vessel shall read, write and speak English.  ...

Regulation 27: (1) A person shall not operate a canoe within the coastal waters and riverine system for the purpose of fishing or in connection with fishin ...

Regulation 28: A canoe licence is not transferable except with the prior written approval of the Commission through the relevant District Assembly.  ...

Regulation 29:A person who operates "acadja" shall (a) apply for a permit from the appropriate authority that controls that area and the Commission shall b ...

Regulation 30: (1) A person shall not undertake trial fishing except in accordance with an authorisation issued by the Minister. (2) A person authoris ...

Regulation 31: Subject to these Regulations, a person who catches gravid lobsters, crustacean, any juvenile fish as a by catch or incidentally shall return ...

Regulation 32:A person fishing (a) under the authority of a licence issued for commercial fishing shall not dump from any vessel fish that has been caught ...

Regulation 33:(1) A person shall not tranship fish from a Ghanaian fishing vessel to a foreign fishing vessels that is not licensed under the Act. (2) All ...

Regulation 34: (1) A Ghanaian registered vessel shall report immediately to the appropriate authority the sighting of a vessel that appears to be unlicense ...

Regulation 35:(1) The Minister may, on the recommendations of the Commission, designate as an observer any person who (a) does not hold a licence issued fo ...

Regulation 37: (1) For the purposes of ensuring compliance with the Act, the Minister may appoint Fisheries Protection Officers or Surveillance Officers as ...

Regulation 38: (1) The master and crew of a ship shall provide boarding ladder to enable inspectors to embark and disembark safely at sea and at port.  ...

Regulation 39: (1) The master and crew shall provide a safe and convenient passage for inspectors embarking on or disembarking from the vessel between the ...

Regulation 40: (1) The master and crew shall provide light at night to brighten the over side boarding ladder of the position where the inspector boards th ...

Regulation 41: Fisheries monitoring centres shall be established at designated locations to monitor fishing vessels that fly the flag of Ghana, regardless ...

Regulation 42: A Ghanaian registered industrial fishing vessel shall not proceed to sea without an operational satellite tracking device installed on the v ...

Regulation 43: A satellite-tracking device installed on board a fishing vessel shall automatically transmit to the fisheries monitoring centre data relatin ...

Regulation 44: (1) The master of a fishing vessel shall ensure that a satellite-tracking device is fully operational at all times and that, the data referr ...

Regulation 45: (1) The Captain of a fishing vessel shall ensure that the Fisheries Monitoring Centres receive, at least once in every two hours, through th ...

Regulation 46: Each Captain shall ensure that, through the Satellite-Tracking Device, Fisheries Monitoring Centres shall monitor the date and time of entry ...

Regulation 47: (1) In the event of a technical failure or non-functioning of the satellite tracking device, the master or the owner of the vessel or their ...

Regulation 48: Where the Fisheries Monitoring Centres does not receive data transmission for twelve hours, the Minister may call the vessel to port, and wh ...

Regulation 49: (1) A master, crew member or agent of a vessel who tampers with, destroys, damages, renders inoperative or otherwise interfere with the Sate ...

Regulation 50:(1) There shall be kept in all Ghanaian fishing vessels with satellite tracking devices installed on them a fishing log book in addition to other ...

Regulation 51: Data received under this regulation shall be treated in a confidential manner and shall on specific request be given to an international bod ...

Regulation 52: (1) The Commission shall issue a permit for commercial aquaculture after an environmental impact assessment has been conducted.(2) A person, ...

Regulation 53: (1) The management of an intensive or semi-intensive production type of aquaculture establishment shall, before constructing, reconstructing ...

Regulation 54:(1) The Commission may refuse to approve an aquaculture establishment if the approval is not in the public interest. (2) A person aggrieved b ...

Regulation 55:The Commission shall ensure regular monitoring and an unlimited access to farm facilities for the inspection of aquaculture establishments.  ...

Regulation 56: (1) A person or establishment shall not produce, distribute or sell fish seed to fish farmers without a fish seed production certificate iss ...

Regulation 57: An aquaculture inspector may refuse to issue or may withdraw a fish seed production certificate if the production of fish seed, the hatchery ...

Regulation 58: Where an aquaculture inspector refuses to issue a fish seed production certificate, the aquaculture inspector shall communicate in writing t ...

Regulation 59: (1) A person, institution, organisation or establishment shall not engage in fish breeding without a permit issued by the Commission. ( ...

Regulation 60: Where an Officer authorised by the Commission refuses to grant a fish breeding permit, the officer shall communicate in writing the reasons ...

Regulation 61: (1) A person or establishment shall not carry out aquaculture production in a manner that (a) degrades the environment without mitigati ...

Regulation 62: (1) A person shall not tamper with, or add an item or organism or deleterious substance to an aquaculture establishment without the knowledg ...

Regulation 63: (1) A person or establishment intending to engage in (a) the production of aquaculture inputs for sale and distribution; or (b) th ...

Regulation 64:The Commission may refuse to issue a permit for import, export, production or sale of aquaculture inputs in the form of genetic materials and tech ...

Regulation 65 A modified living organism that is a product of aquatic research shall be under quarantine and shall only be released from quarantine with th ...

Regulation 66:(1) The Commission shall not certify or approve the generated products and technology for aquaculture production purposes, unless a risk assessmen ...

Regulation 67: (1) A person or establishment involved in aquaculture production shall keep records and regularly compile an annual fish farm data in a form ...

Regulation 68: (1) Harvesting gear used in aquaculture shall not be used to capture fish from the wild or in the open waters. (2) A person who uses ha ...

Regulation 69: (1) A person shall not import live fish for purposes of aquaculture without a permit issued by the Commission. (2) A permit issued unde ...

Regulation 70:(1) A person shall not export live fish, its eggs or gametes for purposes of aquaculture without a permit issued by an Officer authorised by the C ...

Regulation 71: (1) A person or establishment intending to transfer fish within the country for aquaculture purposes shall apply to the Commission for a per ...

Regulation 72: A person in charge of an establishment or institution engaged in aquaculture who fails to take reasonable steps to ensure compliance with th ...

Regulation 73 Where the Commission refuses to issue a permit for transfer of an organism, it shall communicate in writing to the applicant the reasons for ...

Regulation 74:(1) A person shall not falsify or unlawfully alter, destroy, erase or obliterate any declaration, certificate or other document made or issued und ...

Regulation 75: The positioning of pens, cages and the concentration of these structures should not hamper navigation, water circulation and water quality.& ...

Regulation 76: (1) A person shall not use a chemical or drug in any aquaculture establishment without a valid prescription by a veterinary officer and unde ...

Regulation 77:The Court may, in addition to, or in substitution for a penalty that it may impose under these Regulations, withdraw any approval, permit or certi ...

Regulation 78: No liability, civil or criminal shall be attached to an Officer authorised by the Commission, or aquaculture inspector in respect of loss ar ...

Regulation 79: (1) A fishing vessel shall contain minimum health standard conditions as set out in Form W of the Schedule. (2) Holding facilities shal ...

Regulation 80: Fish inspectors shall inspect fish landings for their quality and health status at landing sites ...

Regulation 81:(1) Imports of fish shall (a) have an accompanying health certificate signed by a competent authority of the exporting country, and(b) specif ...

Regulation 1:(1) A fishery management plan shall be prepared in accordance with provisions under the Act. (2) Where there is a change in policy arising out ...