23A. Restrictions on fishing during breeding season on catching and selling of under-sized fish.
(1)Catching of brood fish (fish carrying eggs and sperm) of the following species, namely : Rahu, Catla (Bahu), Mrigal, Mali (Calbasu), Chitai, Kharia, Pithia, (Mahasul), Gharia and Kuri (Gonius) is prohibited during the breeding season beginning from the first day of the month of May and ending on the fifteenth day of the month of July, both days inclusive, in any proclaimed fishery.(2)Catching and killing, by any method, of fish for any purpose whatsoever including consumption and selling of under sized fish of the following species, namely : Rahu, Catla (Bahu), Mrigal, Chitai, Kharia, Pithia (Mahasul), Gharia below 23 c.m. in length and Mali (Clabasu), Gonius, Kurhil, Bhagum below 10 c.m. in length is prohibited between the first day of August and thirty-first day of October :Provided that the above restrictions may be relaxed by the order of the Director of Fisheries in writing for pisciculture purposes only.(3)All under-sized fish specified in sub-rule (2) above caught in the nets shall either be let off in the fishery or supplied to the Fisheries Department by the lessee in live condition at the rates to be fixed by the Government from time to time.
