Section 16 in The Orissa Marine Fishing Regulation Rules, 1983
16. Regulation of fishing.
(1)Non-Mechanised Traditional Fishing Crafts shall be allowed to operate freely without any restrictions. Waters up to five kilometres from the shore shall be reserved exclusively for such fishing crafts and in no case any other type of Mechanised Fishing vessels shall be allowed to operate in that area.(2)Mechanised fishing vessels up to fifteen metres of length shall be allowed to operate beyond five kilometres limit from the cost.(3)Mechanised fishing vessels of twenty-five gross tonnes and above or above fifteen metres of length shall be allowed to operate beyond ten kilometres from the shore only.(4)In no case any fishing vessel, allowed to operate under Sub-rules (1), (2) and (3) shall operate beyond twenty-four nautical miles from the shore.
