Fiji, Nov. 7 -- Fiji's Parliament has passed the Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2025, overhauling the 80-year-old Fisheries Act 1941 to strengthen compliance, enforcement, and accountability in managing coastal and inshore fisheries.

The new law gives fisheries, police, and customs officers expanded powers to enforce regulations and introduces Inshore Fisheries Fixed Penalty Notices for minor offences.

It also imposes stronger penalties for illegal fishing, ensures greater oversight of fishing licences, and updates definitions to reflect modern fishing practices and technology.

The amendment marks a major step toward a modern, efficient, and transparent fisheries management system - one designed to protect Fiji's marine resources, support ...