(1) Every owner of a registered fishing vessel shall furnish to the authorised officer at such interval and in such manner such return as may be prescribed.
(2) The authorised officer may enter upon and inspect any registered fishing vessel at any time to verify the correctness of any return furnished by the owner under sub-section (1).
Finality of orders under sections 6, 8 and 9
12. Every decision of the authorised officer under section 6, section 8 or section 9, granting or refusing to grant licence for a fishing vessel or cancelling, suspending, varying or amending such licence, or registering or cancelling or suspending the certificate of the registration of a fishing vessel shall, subject to any right of appeal under section 13, be final.
Appeal against an order made under section 6, section 8 or section 9