Section 7 in THE COASTAL AQUACULTURE AUTHORITY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023
7. Amendment of section 11.
In section 11 of the principal Act,—(A)in sub-section (1),—(i) in clause (a), for the words “aquaculture farms”, the words “coastal aquaculture units” shall be substituted;(ii) in clauses (b) and (c), for the word “farms”, the word “units” shall be substituted;(iii) for clause (d), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—“(d) to order removal or demolition of any coastal aquaculture unit which is causing pollution after hearing the occupier of such unit;”;(iv) after clause (d), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:—“(da) to regulate or prohibit the number, species and method of any coastal aquaculture in such area, as may be prescribed, through planning and execution of such programmes, including aqua zonation and aqua mapping for environmentally sustainable coastal aquaculture, as may be notified by the Central Government;(db) to fix or adopt standards, certify, monitor, regulate or prohibit coastal aquaculture inputs, including probiotics, therapeutants and such other inputs used in coastal aquaculture, as may be prescribed, for the prevention, control and abatement of detriment to the coastal aquaculture or coastal environment;(dc) to fix or adopt standards, certify, monitor and regulate the coastal aquaculture units, including coastal aquaculture activities carried out in such units with biosecurity and close disease surveillance to ensure freedom from disease, in such manner as may be prescribed;(dd) to fix or adopt the standards for emission or discharge of effluents from coastal aquaculture unit:Provided that different standards for emission or discharge may be fixed for different coastal aquaculture unit having regard to the quality or composition of the emission or discharge of effluents from such sources;(de) to collect and disseminate information in respect of matters relating to coastal aquaculture;”;(B) in sub-section (2), for the word “farm”, at both the places where it occurs, the word “unit” shall be substituted.
