Regulations for the Issuance of Building Permit and Fishing License of Fishing Vessel Article 22

Main fishery such as trawl fishery, tuna longline fishery, longline fishery, squid jigging fishery, tuna purse seine fishery, mackerel purse seine fishery and gillnet fishery shall not be registered as part-time fishery.Where the trawl fishery, longline fishery, squid jigging fishery, tuna purse seine fishery, mackerel purse seine fishery and gillnet fishery has been approved as part-time fishery, at the time of application for issuing or renewal of the fishing license, the competent authority shall cancel such part-time fishery.In case of any of the following circumstances, the original fishery operator may engage in part-time gillnet fishery until the loss of the concerned fishing vessel or the change of the fishery operator:(1) The part-time gillnet fishery was approved before these Regulations are amended and effective on 5 January 2017.(2) The approved part-time bottom-gillnet, drift net, or drift gillnet fishery is changed to gillnet fishery in accordance with Article 25-1.Any of the following circumstances is not subject to the provision of the preceding paragraph:(1) The fishing vessel is lost due to natural disaster(s), distress at sea, or other reason(s) that the fishery operator is not hold accountable. The fishery operator engages in fishery with a fishing vessel newly built with the replacement qualification of the lost fishing vessel, or the fishery operator chooses not to build a new fishing vessel but to operate an existing fishing vessel.(2) The change of fishery operator resulted from succession or the transfer between spouse or direct relative(s).