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APPENDIX II. 



FISHERY LAW, JAPAN, 1901. 



Section J . — In this law the word " Fishery " means the catching or 

 cultivation for profit of aquatic fauna and flora. 



The word " fisherman ' * means one who engages in or possesses the 

 privilege of fishery. 



Section 2. — This law does not apply to private wateis except where 

 expressly so provided. 



Section 3. — Any person desirous of obtaining the right to fish {a) either 

 by establishing any fixed engine in a fixed position, {h) or by enclosing a 

 particular area of water shall obtain a special Government license ; the 

 Minister of the Department shall determine the kinds of fishery requiring 

 special licenses. 



Section 4. — A Government license must also be obtained for the exclu- 

 sive right of fishing within a given area. Such license shall only be 

 granted on the application of a fishery association (Gyogyo-kumiai) intend- 

 ing to use for such exclusive right the shore of the locality where such 

 association is established, or in cases where such right has acquired the 

 sanction of long usage. 



Section -5. — The license mentioned in section 4 shall determine the limits 

 of the fishery when granted to an association or shall recite such limits 

 when granted in accordance with long usage. 



Section 6. — Licenses shall not exceed 20 years in duration. But periods 

 of suspension under section 9 shall be excluded in determining the expiry 

 of the license. 



Section 7. — Eights of fishery may be the subject of inheritance, assign- 

 ment, common property, or mortgage. But the transfer of exclusive use of 

 an area of the sea can only be sanctioned by the authorities. 



Section 8. — The right of fishery may be cancelled when such right is not 

 exercised within one year of the issue of license, or except on special sanction 

 where a fishery has not been carried on for two whole years. But suspen- 

 sions under section 9 shall not be taken into count in the above periods. 



Section 9. — The authorities may limit, suspend, or cancel any fishery 

 license when required for the protection of aquatic products or by the 

 public interests, or when a fisherman breaks this law or the regulations 

 issued thereon. 



Section 10. — Owners of land shall not hinder entry on their land or the 

 use thereof when so required for establishing marks for fixing the bound- 

 aries or beariogs of fishing grounds, provided that the sanction of the 

 authorities shall have been duly obtained. 



Section 11. — The aiithorities may order the establishment of such fishing 

 marks. 



