New regulations for fish auctions in Kuwait

Monday, November 11, 2019

Minister of Commerce and Industry issued new regulations for fish auctions in Kuwait.

According to the new regulations, fish and shrimp cannot be auctioned except by a broker licensed by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) and registered to operate in a certain location. The regulations also conditioned that auctioneers must be Kuwaitis (GCC nationals exempted) having good conduct, clean criminal records, not be removed from MoCI registers in the past five years and have valid health certificates.

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