Nigeria Live Fish (Control of Importation) Act.
Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria
This is an act to regulate the importation of live fish, and for purposes connected therewith. It provides for the control of the import of live freshwater fish. It emphasizes that no person shall import any live fish into Nigeria except under the terms of a license under this act granted to him or her by the Minister, or in transit under prescribed conditions. A license may be granted either unconditionally or subject to such conditions (including conditions relating to the fish when dead) as the Minister considers expedient for avoiding the incidence or spread of disease or parasitic states among live fish in waters from which he considers that fish may be caught for consumption in Nigeria.
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Nigeria Live Fish (Control of Importation) Act. Current Version
January 2022
This is an act to regulate the importation of live fish, and for purposes connected therewith. It provides for the control of the import of live freshwater fish. It emphasizes that no person shall import any live fish into Nigeria except under the terms of a license under this act granted to him or her by the Minister, or in transit under prescribed conditions. A license may be granted either unconditionally or subject to such conditions (including conditions relating to the fish when dead) as the Minister considers expedient for avoiding the incidence or spread of disease or parasitic states among live fish in waters from which he considers that fish may be caught for consumption in Nigeria.
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