Regulations for the Issuance of Building Permit and Fishing License of Fishing Vessel｜第 3 條｜漁業｜Regulation｜In Force
農業部｜v1.0
Last Amended: 2025-04-02
The definitions of terms used in these Regulations are as the follows: (1) “Fishing license” means the fishing license or fishery certificate. (2) “Fishery type” means the main fishery registered on the fishing license, excluding the part-time fishery. (3) “Loss of a fishing vessel” means a fishing vessel that has been scrapped, sunk, stranded, damaged or missing. (4) “Replacement qualification” means any of the following qualifications: i. The fishery operator whose fishing license is submitted and revoked after the loss of his/her fishing vessel is granted the qualification to build a new fishing vessel of the same tonnage to replace the original one and continue to engage in the same fishery type. ii. After replacing a tuna purse seine fishing vessel of the same size level registered in a regional fisheries management organization, the fishery operator is authorized and granted by the central competent authority the qualification to build, export, and continue to engage in the tuna purse seine fishery. iii. The fishery operator of Matzu and Kinmen who obtains the qualification to engage in the same fishery type after his/her fishing vessel is authorized by the competent authority before 30 June 2006 to change into a cargo vessel. (5) “Replacement tonnage” means the tonnage granted to the fishery operator whose fishing vessel has been granted the replacement qualification. (6) “Fishing vessel tonnage” means the gross tonnage measured by the navigation authority pursuant to the Regulations for Measurement of Ships. In the case that a fishing vessel was measured before the promulgation of the amendment of the Regulations for Measurement of Ships on 16 July 1982 under Order No. Jiao-Hang (71) 1584, the tonnage of such fishing vessel shall be added by 30%. (7) “Length overall” means the distance measured in a straight line between the foremost point of the bow and the aftermost point of stern.