With the repeal of the Indian Fisheries Act, 1897the oldest environmental legislation in Indiaunder the Repealing and Amending Act, 2015 (No. 17 of 2015) there is no national law at present dealing with inland fisheries. However, ranging from the Punjab Fisheries Act, 1914, to the Kerala Inland Fisheries and Aqua Culture Act, 2010 (Act 15 of 2010) , so far 18 states and one union territory have subnational inland fisheries legislation