Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Water Resources: Ministerial Decision 121/2022 Banning the Harvesting, Posession, and Trading of Sea Cucumbers

Arabic

Based on the Aquatic Living Resources Law promulgated by Royal Decree 20/2019,

and the Executive Regulation of the Law of Sea Fishing and Protection of Aquatic Living Resources issued by Ministerial Decision 4/94,

and in pursuance of public interest,

it is hereby decided

Article I

The harvesting, possession, and trading of sea cucumbers is hereby banned for a period of three (3) years from the date of the implementation of this decision. Trading includes: Selling, buying, transporting, storing, exporting, and all associated activities during the period of the ban.

Article II

This decision shall be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the day following the date of its publication.

Issued on: 23 Dhu Al-Hijja 1443
Corresponding to: 23 June 2022

Dr Saud bin Hamoud bin Ahmed Al-Habsi
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Water Resources

Published in Official Gazette 1448 issued on 3 July 2022.