Regulations of Fujian Province on the Administration of Fishing Ports and Fishing Vessels

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to strengthen the management of fishing ports and fishing boats, give full play to the functions of fishing ports, ensure the personal and property safety of fishing port facilities, fishing boats and employees, and promote the sustainable development of fishery economy, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with relevant laws and regulations and combined with the actual situation of this province. Article 2 Fishing ports as mentioned in these Regulations refer to artificial ports or natural harbors specially used for fishery production, berthing for fishing boats, sheltering from the wind, loading and unloading catches and supplementing materials needed for fishing, including fishing docks, special fishing waters and special anchorages for fishing boats in comprehensive ports.

Fishing vessels as mentioned in these Regulations refer to vessels engaged in fishery production, vessels serving fishery production and fishery official vessels. Article 3 The planning, construction, operation and management of fishing ports, the design, construction, repair, use and management of fishing boats and other related activities within the administrative region of this province shall abide by these regulations. Article 4 The fishery administrative departments of local people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the management of fishing ports and fishing boats within their respective administrative areas.

Fishery administration and fishing port supervision institutions under the fishery administrative departments of local people's governments at or above the county level shall supervise and manage fishing ports and fishing boats according to law.

Fishing vessel inspection agencies shall be responsible for the inspection of fishing vessels according to law.

Public security frontier defense, transportation, ocean, land and resources, environmental protection, water conservancy, production safety supervision, quality and technical supervision, industrial and commercial administration and other departments and maritime administrative agencies shall, within their respective functions and duties, carry out the management of fishing ports and fishing boats. Chapter II Fishing Port Planning and Construction Article 5 Fishing port planning shall be compiled according to the needs of economic and social development, conform to the marine functional zoning, port planning and overall land use planning, and be connected with the overall urban planning, urban system planning, flood control and moisture-proof planning and other related planning.

Fishing port planning includes fishing port layout planning and fishing port overall planning. The fishery administrative department of the sixth provincial people's government shall, jointly with the departments of development and reform, ocean, transportation, water conservancy, construction, land and resources and environmental protection. The provincial people's government and its maritime administrative agency shall prepare the layout plan of fishing ports in the whole province and submit it to the provincial people's government for approval. Article 7 The fishery administrative department of the people's government of a city or county (city, district) divided into districts shall, jointly with the administrative department of development and reform of the people's government at the same level and the people's government of the township (town) where the fishing port is located, formulate the overall planning of the fishing port according to the layout planning of the fishing port. Report to the people's government at the same level for approval, and report to the administrative department of development and reform of the people's government at the next higher level and the fishery administrative department for the record.

Unless otherwise stipulated by the state, the overall planning of fishing ports shall be examined and approved. Eighth fishing port layout planning and fishing port overall planning revision, in accordance with the preparation procedures. Article 9 The people's governments at the county level shall demarcate the port boundaries according to the land and waters of fishing ports within their respective administrative areas delineated in the overall planning of fishing ports. Cross-administrative areas shall be marked by the people's government at the next higher level. Tenth local people's governments at or above the county level shall incorporate the construction of fishing ports into the national economic and social development plan, arrange corresponding construction funds, and accelerate the construction of fishing ports.

Local people's governments at or above the county level shall take measures to encourage domestic and foreign economic organizations and individuals to invest in fishing port construction.

The administrative department of development and reform of the local people's government at or above the county level and the administrative department of fishery shall jointly issue the investment guide for fishing port construction projects. Eleventh fishing port construction to implement the principle of whoever invests benefits. Those who invest in fishing port construction may set up economic organizations for fishing port construction. According to the investment agreement, investors have rights and obligations.

Investors have the right to use the land newly added due to construction in the fishing port boundary, which can be used for development and operation after being registered and certified by the people's government at or above the county level according to law. Twelfth fishing port project construction must go through the examination and approval procedures in accordance with the relevant national capital construction procedures, and conform to the overall planning of fishing ports, relevant standards and technical specifications.

Local people's governments at or above the county level must organize the construction of fishing port navigation channels and safety facilities such as navigation marks, navigation and communication early warning. Safety facilities such as navigation AIDS, navigation and communication early warning shall be designed, constructed and put into use at the same time as the main project of the fishing port.

The fishery administrative department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall be responsible for the maintenance and management of navigation channels and navigation AIDS, navigation and communication early warning and other safety facilities used by fishing ports to ensure their normal operation. Chapter III Fishing Port Management Article 13 Anyone who engages in fishing port management shall, after the completion and acceptance of the fishing port project, apply to the fishery administrative department of the local people's government at or above the county level where the fishing port is located and obtain the following fishing port business license:

(a) the operation of docks and other fishing port facilities;

(2) Handling, lightering and storage of catches and materials needed for fishing.

To obtain a fishing port business license, one should have a fixed business place, facilities, operating equipment and professional employees suitable for business operation, and meet other conditions stipulated by laws and regulations.

The fishery administrative department shall handle it within 30 days from the date of receiving the application, and issue a fishing port business license if it meets the conditions; Do not meet the conditions, it shall notify the applicant in writing and inform the reasons. If the business entity of fishing port changes, the transferee shall re-apply for the fishing port business license.

Fishing ports that have passed the acceptance before the implementation of these regulations are engaged in fishing port business activities, and shall obtain fishing port business licenses in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article within one year after the implementation of these regulations.