Regulations on the Authorization and Management of Overseas Employment of Foreign Crew Members Article 2

For any fishing vessel permitted by the competent authority to conduct distant water fisheries that meets any of the following conditions, its distant water fisheries operator may employ foreign crew member(s) overseas:1. The fishing vessel, in the year of application for employing crew member(s) or in the preceding year, has operated on the high seas or in waters under the jurisdictions of any other country for a cumulative period of 30 days or above.2. Where the condition set forth in the preceding subparagraph is not met, the fishing vessel has berthed in port continuously for a period of not less than six months but less than one year, and has, within the two years prior to the application for employing crew member(s), previously been approved to employ foreign crew member(s) overseas.3. In the case of a newly built fishing vessel, the vessel from which it obtains the replacement qualification is a fishing vessel that has been permitted by the competent authority to conduct distant water fisheries.4. The fishing vessel which resumes its operation after a period of suspension has previously been approved to employ foreign crew member(s) overseas within the two years before the suspension.The fishing vessel as referred to in subparagraph (3) of the preceding paragraph may, after obtaining its Vessel Nationality Certificate but before obtaining a distant-water fisheries permit, apply for employing foreign crew officer(s) overseas.