Under the provisions of this Ordinance, the Marine Fisheries Wing of the Department of Fisheries (DoF) is authorized to deal with matters relating to marine fisheries exploitation, including licensing and monitoring of operations of fishing vessels. The government can also declare any area of the Bangladesh
fisheries’ waters to be a marine reserve with a view to ensure breeding of fish and shrimp. So far, four locations in the Bay of Bengal in the territorial waters of Bangladesh have been declared marine protected areas