(1) All fish caught by any person who has got a license for fishing with gillnet in the water specified as reservoirs under rule 3 (c) of these rules shall be handed over by the licensee to the fishermen Co-operative Society of which he/she is a member and shall be brought to the landing center by that fishermen co-operative society for weightment by representative of State Government and charging fee shall be charged as per rule 5 read with column 5 of the Schedule before its marketing inside or outside the State.
(2) The sale of fish, so weighed under sub- rule (1) shall be done within and outside the State in consultation with the Director of Fisheries, Himachal Pradesh by the Fisheries Cooperative Societies/ Federation and where no such Federation exists, by the primary fishermen co-operative societies.
(3) If so required by the Director, the person marketing fish outside the State under this rule shall be bound to sell to the extent of the “25%” of daily catch of fish for sale in the State at rates fixed by the State Government.
(4)(a) No person shall transport fresh fish or processed fish from the landing center or any other fish production centre to any market for sale except under the pass to be issued by the Director or any person authorized by him/her in this behalf. The route of transport has to be adhered as per pass. The fish being so exported may be examined any time in transit by Director or any person authorized by him/her.
(b) The pass under rule shall be issued on the Form No. FSH -3 annexed to these rules.
(c) No person shall import fish into the State for marketing without a valid pass issued by the Director or any other person authorized by him/her in this behalf.
(5)(a) The Director shall lay down suitable procedure from time to time with a view to carry out the provision of this rule;
(b) The Director shall have powers to fix the rates at which the fish sold departmentally by the Fisheries Department, shall be sold at various sale centres so defined by him/her in this behalf ;
(c) The Director or any officer authorized by him/her shall have powers to finalize/ fix the price of fish, at which sale of fish shall be done within the State.
11 Seizure, removal of apparatus, forfeiture of fish and confiscation of consignment.-
(1) All Fisheries Officers shall have powers to seize and remove any apparatus, erected/ used in contravention of these rules and put the same to auction or store or return to the owner.
(2) All Fisheries Officers shall have powers to forfeit the fish caught in contravention of these rules and to dispose of it by auction or sale or restore it to the owner on the merit of the case.
(3) All Fisheries Officers shall have powers to confiscate any consignment of fish held or transported in contravention of these rules and to dispose of it by auction or sale or restore it to the owner on the merit of the case.