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Definitions.— In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "committee" means the committee of a society; (b) "Director" means the Director of Fisheries for the State of Kerala and * Received the assent of the Governor on the 16th day of January, 1981 and published in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 48 dated the 16th January, 1981. 4 includes any other officer appointed by the Government to exercise the powers and perform the functions of the Director under this Act; (c) "fish" includes shell-fish, prawns and lobsters; (d) "Fisheries Officer" means an officer appointed as such by the 1[Kerala State Co-operative Federation for Fisheries Development] for each fisheries village to exercise the powers and perform the functions of the Fisheries Officer under this Act; (e) "fisherman" means any person engaged mainly in fishing operations for his livelihood; (f) "fishermen's welfare society" or "society" means a society constituted by the Government under section 4; (g) "fisheries village" means an area declared by the Government under section 3 to be a fisheries village; (h) "fishing operations" includes— (i) fishing by any means, mechanical or otherwise; and (ii) the sale of marine products by members of families of fishermen, by transporting them to different places by headload or cycleload; (i) "marine products" includes fish and shell-fish grown or cultured and caught from any inland waters. Explanation.—For the purposes of this clause, "inland waters" includes ponds, tanks and reservoirs; (j) "member" means a member of a society; (k) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (l) "president" means the president of the committee of a society; (m) "secretary" means the secretary of the committee of a society; (n) "State" means the State of Kerala.