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This Resolution consisting of 10 articles aims at amending the Executive Regulations on Biodiversity of Kuwait, the main of which are (i) under article 2 is now permitted the use of the net called qaraqir, only the environmentally friendly kind. Other amendments in Article 2 regard the use of GPS and fishing permits; (ii) in Article 3 are added paragraphs that strictly ban the introduction of alien species and GMOs in the environment of Kuwait; (iii) under Article 5 becomes prohibited commercial fisheries within 3 miles of the coast, while it is permitted amateur fishing in Kuwait Bay after obtaining a permit.
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The Environment Public Authority Resolution No. 9 of 2022 regarding biodiversity Articles 100-110 of the Environmental Protection Law No. 42 of 2014 and its amendments.
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Kuwait
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Regulation
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