Regulation on requirements, fishing tools and gear, period of fishing and method of issuing permits for small scale commercial fishing for certain employed persons and pensioners

Pursuant to the Article 45 paragraph 3 of the Law on Marine Fishery and Mariculture (Official Gazette of Montenegro, No. 56/09), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development adopted the following RULEBOOK ON REQUIREMENTS, FISHING TOOLS AND GEAR, PERIOD OF FISHING AND METHOD OF ISSUING PERMITS FOR SMALL SCALE COMMERCIAL FISHING FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYED PERSONS AND PENSIONERS Article 1 This Rulebook lays down the requirements, fishing tolls and gear, the period of fishing and method of issuing permits for small scale commercial fishing for certain employed persons and pensioners (hereinafter referred to as: the natural persons). Article 2 The natural persons may engage in small scale commercial fishing provided that their monthly income is not above 150 Euros, using a vessel of less than 12m length overall, using the following fishing tools and gear: gillnets (1 piece); traps for fish (5 pieces); tridents with and without the use of artificial lights (1 piece); long lines - 100 hooks and other angling tools – sticks, line kančenice, hand trolls, trolls with hook and floating trolls (tunje samice) - 2 pieces each; lift-net kalimera (1 piece) and hand dredge grib (1 piece). For use of fishing gear referred to in paragraph 1 of this article, use of a lantern of 800 candles is allowed. Article 3 Harvesting of bivalve molluscs and other marine organisms includes hand collecting of bivalve molluscs (Bivalvia), snails (Gastropoda) and echinoderms (Echinodermata). Harvesting of bivalve molluscs and other marine organisms may be done by hand tools without the use of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. Hand tools referred to in paragraph 2 of this article are: rakes, pliers and diver’s knife. Article 4 The natural persons issued with a permit for small scale commercial fishing may engage in fishing on all even dates in a month. Article 5 The application for issuing a permit for small scale commercial fishing is submitted on the basis of a public advertisement, published in line with the law. The application for issuing of the permit for small scale commercial fishing shall include the first and the last name of the applicant, the place of residence and address. The receipt on the pension paid or the certificate of the employer on the monthly income for the month before the month in which the application is submitted shall be presented together with the application referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article. Article 6 This Rulebook shall enter into force on the eighth day from the day of its publishing in the Official Gazette of Montenegro. No.:320/10-1101-5725/7 Podgorica, January 18, 2011 MINISTER, Tarzan Milošević