Law No. 8435 on annual fees to be paid for performing fishing activity

Law No. 8435 dated 28 December 1998 on annual fees for exercising of fishing activity I. Sea Trawling (for one fishing vessel) LEKE 1. Bottom trawl vessel 160 – 200HP 40 000 vessel 200 – 410 HP 50 000 vessel over than 410 HP 80 000 2. Pelagic or midwater trawl and driftnet vessel 160 – 200HP 20 000 vessel 200 – 410 HP 30 000 vessel over than 410 HP 40 000 3. Purseine vessel 160 – 200HP 10 000 vessel 200 – 410 HP 20 000 vessel over than 410 HP 30 000 4. Bottom and pelagic trawls vessel 160 – 200HP 40 000 vessel 200 – 410 HP 60 000 vessel over than 410 HP 90 000 5. Small-scale fisheries (fish hook) 6. Mollusc and bivalve beamtrawls (Authorized) I. Artisanal trawling with small vessels 1. Trawl in the coast (for one oar - boat) 7 000 2. Trawling in coast lagoons in lagoon (one boat) 10 000 shallow waters (one fisherman) 12 000 3. Trawling in internal waters active (one vessel) 5 000 in shallow waters and ambushes (one fisherman) 8 000 4. Gathering of bivalve molluscs with light means for one fishermen 10 000 5. Cultivation of oyster for one implant 10 000 I. Sport fisheries into the sea With fishing means (for one vessel) 40 000 Note: For foreign vessels which will be equipped with fishing licenses within Albanian territory waters the taxes will be twice of the Albanian vessels. From that tax are excluded vessels authorized from Ministry of Agriculture and Food (Fishery Directorate) which will trawl for scientific purposes.