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Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016. Short title, extent and commencement. Definitions. 2 [Act No.24 of 2006] (4) ‘Aqua-culture Seed’ means larval early stages or juveniles or any other classes of seeds of aquatic life, including plant, plants origin, used for stocking in confined waters such as tanks, lakes, ponds and pens or cages or any other structures erected in water, and includes,- (i) seeds of cultivable aquatic animals such as fin fish, cat fish, murel including ornamental fish and larvicidal fish reared in fresh water, marine and brackish water and in aquaria; (ii) seeds of shell fish, such as prawn, shrimp, lobsters, crab, gastropods, bivalves and such other crustaceans and mollusees; (iii) fish larval stages (called as egg, hatchlings, spawn, fry, fingerlings, advanced fingerlings, yearlings), larval stages of prawn, shrimp, lobsters, crabs (called as nauplius, metanauplius, zoea, megalopamysis, post larvae) and larval stages of mollusees (called veliger, spat etc.); (5) ‘Aqua-culture Seed Laboratory’ means the Aqua- culture Seed Laboratory established under section 9 and this includes State Aqua-culture Seed Laboratory and Regional Aqua-culture Seed Laboratories; (6) ‘Aqua-culture Seed Analysis’ means procedures of Aqua-culture Seed Analysis to verify the required standards of size, purity and freedom from infectious diseases; (7) ‘Aqua-culture Seed Analyst’ means an Aqua-culture Seed Analyst appointed under section 20; (8) ‘Aqua-Culture Seed Inspector’ means an Aqua- culture Seed Inspector appointed under section 21; [Act No.24 of 2006] 3 (9) ‘Committee’ means the Aqua-culture Seed Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of section 3 and sub-section (1) of section 4; (10) ‘Container’ means a box, bottle, casket, tin, barrel, case, receptacle, sack, wrapper or other thing in which any aqua-culture seeds are placed; (11) ‘Export’ means taking Aqua-culture seed from India and 3Telangana State to a place outside India and 3Telangana State; (12) ‘Fisherman’ means a person who is involved in capture fishery activity by occupation and also includes fishermen by birth; (13) ‘Fish Seed Farm’ means a place with structures for rearing of early stages of fish seed such as spawn or hatchlings to the stages of fry or fingerlings or advanced fingerlings; (14) ‘Government’ means the State Government of 3Telangana; (15) ‘Hatchery’ means a place where brooders are maintained and used for production of Aqua-culture seed and further rearing of the seed for supply to Aqua Farmers and this includes back yard hatchery or part of the farm including rearing in nurseries; (16) ‘Import’ means bringing Aqua-culture seed into India and 3Telangana State from a place outside India and 3Telangana State;