State · Karnataka
Section 7 of REGULATION) ACT, 1996
Declaration of sanctuary.- (1) The State Government may, by notification,
declare any area of water to be a fish sanctuary, for the purpose of protecting, propogating or development of fisheries.
- (2)Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, no person shall fish or capture fish whether alive or dead or destroy, or attempt to destroy fish or capture or destroy any fish in a sanctuary declared under sub-section (1). CHAPTER - III Constitution of the Karnataka Inland Fisheries Advisory Board