Fishing Harbour Terminal Authority Act 1986 (15 of 1990) Amended by Act 16 of 1993 Section 10 - Bare Act

The authority shall have the following functions, namely:-

(a) to develop, conserve, regulate and control fishing harbour terminals;

(b) to maintain and supervise functions of fishing harbour terminals;

(c) to acquire lands and purchase equipments and machineries for fishing harbour terminals;

(d) to provide for safety measure for arrival and departure of vessels and shore installations within the fishing harbour terminals;

(e) to arrange quick and hygenic handling of fish within the fishing harbor terminals;

(f) to execute all works including disaster restoration work;

(g) to prevent unauthorised use of explosive materials within the harbor terminals;

(h) to supervise harbour terminal management;

(i) to promote processing and storage facilities;

(j) to levy and collect fees for facilities provided by the harbour terminals;

(k) to do such other functions as are necessary for efficient discharge of functions by the fishing harbour terminals;

(l) to collect statistics relating to fishing vessels, fish catches, boat side prices, harvest prices, cost of export; and

(m) such other functions as may be assigned to the Authority by the State Government.