Pakistan

4. Destruction of fish by explosives in inland waters and on coasts.—(1) If any person uses any dynamite or other explosive substance in any water with intent thereby to catch or destroy any of the fish that may be therein, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two months, or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees. (2) In sub-section (1) the word "water" includes the sea within a distance of one marine league of the sea-coast: and an offence committed under that sub-section in such sea may be tried, punished and in all respects dealt with as if it had been committed on the land abutting on such coast.

5. Destruction of fish by poising waters.—(1) If any person puts any poison, lime or noxious material into any water with intent thereby to catch or destroy any fish, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two months, or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees. (2) The [Provincial Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, suspend the operation of this section in any specified area, and may in like manner modify or cancel any such notification.

6. Protection of fish in selected waters by rules of Provincial Government.—(1) The [Provincial Government] may make rules for the purposes hereinafter in this section mentioned, and may by notification in the official Gazette apply all or any of such rules to such waters, not being private waters, as the [Provincial Government] may specify in the said notification. ... (3) Such rules may prohibit or regulate all or any of the following matters, that is to say— (a) the erection and use of fixed engines; (b) the construction of weirs; and (c) the dimension and kind of the nets to be used and the modes of using them. (4) Such rules may also prohibit all fishing in any specified water for a period not exceeding two years.

3. Fishing without licence prohibited. No person shall, for the purpose of fishing, operate a fishing craft or use any kind of fishing gear within the Zone except under the authority of a licence granted by the licencing authority nor otherwise than in accordance with the terms and conditions of such licence.

5. Dynamiting and poisoning prohibited. No person shall use dynamite or any other explosive substance or poison, lime or noxious material for fishing or destroying fish in the Zone.

6. Closed season and prohibited area. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the Federal Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, declare any period to be period during which, and any area to be an area within which, fishing of all or any specified description of fish shall be prohibited in the Zone.

9. Penalty [and procedure].—(1) Whoever contravenes any provision of this Act or the rules shall be punishable with [rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine which may extend to ten million rupees, or with both]. (2) Any court convicting any person under sub-section (1) may order that any fish caught or taken [and any fishing craft and fishing gear used,] in contravention of the provisions of this Act or the rules, shall be forfeited to the Federal Government.

[The MPA notifications] establish restrictions on taking endangered species including corals, marine mammals and whale sharks. They ban explosives, chemicals, scuba guns and spear guns.