भारत सरकार / Government of India

Daman 02^nd April, 2026 12 Chaitra, 1948 (Saka) No. : 21

संघ प्रदेश प्रशासन दादरा एवं नगर हवेली और दमण एवं दीव

U.T. Administration of DNH & DD

O/o Joint Secretary (Fisheries) / संयुक्त सचिव (मत्स्य पालन) कायाालय िौथी मंजिल

Vidhyut Bhavan, 4^th Floor, Secretariat

ववधुत भवन, सचिवालय / िौथी मंजिल, ववधुत भवन, सचिवालय

No. SFD/1/2(Rule-Act)/2025-26/327 Dated: 27.03.2026

NOTIFICATION

Whereas, certain draft rules, which the U.T. Administration of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and

Daman and Diu proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section 28(1) and read

with Section 4(1) and 4(2) of the Goa, Daman, & Diu Marine Fishing Regulation Act, 1980, and Rules

1982, the Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu Marine Fishing Regulation (5th Amendment)

Rules, 2025 are proposed to be published for inviting objections and suggestions from all persons

likely to be affected thereby on or before the expiry of 30 days from the date of the publication of the

said Notification in the Official Gazette;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 28(1) and read with Section

4(1) and 4(2) of the Goa, Darman, & Diu Marine Fishing Regulation Act, 1980, and Rules 1982, the

Administrator of U.T. DNH & DD, hereby makes the following amendment:

1. Short title and Commencement:

(1) These rules may be called the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Marine Fishing

Regulation (5th Amendment) Rules, 2025.

(8) Use of Turtle Excluder Device (TED) in Fishing Trawlers:

सरकारी रािपत्र

OFFICIAL GAZETTE

संघ प्रदेश दादरा एवं नगर हवेली तथा दमण एवं दीव प्रशासन

U.T. ADMINISTRATION OF DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND

DAMAN AND DIU

असाधारण

EXTRAORDINARY

प्राधिकरण द्वारा प्रकाधित / PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

EXTRAORDINARY No. 21 THE GAZETTE OF DNH & DD

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(a) “Turtle Excluder Device” is a specialized device that allows a captured sea turtle to

escape when caught in a trawl net”.

(b) “In case of fishing by Trawling, no trawl net shall be used for fishing without a Turtle

Excluder Device (TED) attached before the cod end of the trawl net”

By order and in the name of the

Administrator of UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli

and Daman & Diu

Sd/–

Director-cum-Joint Secretary (Fisheries)

DNH & DD

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Published by : e-gazette, Department of Planning & Statistics, DNH & DD.