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Procedure Name

Export License for Lobsters, Chanks

Description

Category

Registration

Responsible Agency

Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

Address: 3rd Floor,New Secretariat Maligawatta, Colombo 10

Phone: +94112446183, +94112973138

Email: depfish@fisheries.gov.lk

Legal base of the Procedure

No.2 of 1996 Fisheries And Aquatic Resources Act

Required Documentation for Chanks

No.	Type	Notes
1.	Business registration/ company registration
2.	Application Form
3.	Request Letter for quantity
4.	Previous export details	If previously exported
5.	Custom parties copies to prove finishing of the quota allocated	If previously exported
6.	Request letter to increase of quantity	if applicable will increase after checking their past performances

Required Documentation for Lobster

No.	Type	Notes
1.	Business registration/ company registration
2.	Application Form
3.	Request Letter
4.	Previous export details	If previously exported
5.	Custom parties copies to prove finishing of the quota allocated	If previously exported

Process Steps

Step 1	Submit the Application with all the relevant original documents
Step 2	Process the documentation
Step 3	Deputy Director Biology issues a recommendation to Director General
Step 4	Director General Approves the request
Step 5	Issuance of the permit

Category

Export

The following form/s are used in this procedure

Title	Description	Created Date	Updated Date
Application for export of chanks	Application for export of chanks	30-03-2018	30-03-2018
Application for a permit for possession, exhibit for sale, selling or flesh of a spiny lobsters or slipper lobsters	Application for a permit for possession, exhibit for sale, selling or flesh of a spiny lobsters or slipper lobsters	02-04-2018	02-04-2018
An Application For Exportation Of Spiny Lobsters Or Slipper Lobsters	An Application For Exportation Of Spiny Lobsters Or Slipper Lobsters	02-04-2018	02-04-2018

This procedure applies to the following measures

Name	Measure Type	Agency	Description	Comments	Legal Document	Validity To	Measure Class
Export License for Lobsters, Chanks	Licensing Requirement		Department of Fisheries and aquatic resources issues export permit for Lobsters, Chanks valid for 3 months	This licence will not be issued in February, October, September	Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act	31-12-9999	Good