Kenya - 2016 - Agriculture and Rural Development

Fisheries Management and Development Act, 2016

Kenya, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Irrigation

This is a parliamentary Act to provide for the conservation, management and development of fisheries and other aquatic resources to enhance the livelihood of communities dependent on fishing and to establish the Kenya fisheries services. The preliminary section of this Act gives the definitions of key aquacultural terms and the other sections provide extensive details on the establishment of the Kenya fisheries council, fisheries development measures, trade and marketing of fish products in Kenya.

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January 2022

This is a parliamentary Act to provide for the conservation, management and development of fisheries and other aquatic resources to enhance the livelihood of communities dependent on fishing and to establish the Kenya fisheries services. The preliminary section of this Act gives the definitions of key aquacultural terms and the other sections provide extensive details on the establishment of the Kenya fisheries council, fisheries development measures, trade and marketing of fish products in Kenya.

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