Fisheries (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (L.N. No. 94 of 2013)

) ) 340 SUPPLEMENT to the Solomon Islands Gazette Monday 23rd December, 2013 S.l. No.57 [Legal Notice No. 94] FISHERIES ACT 1998 (No.6 of 1998) THE FISHERIES (FEES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2013 IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 25 and 59 of the Fisheries Act 1998, read with Regulation 3 of the Fisheries Regulations 1972, I, ALFRED GHIRO, Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, do hereby make the following regulations: 1. These Regulations shall be cited as the Fisheries (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 20 l3, and shall come into operations on the date of the publication in the Gazette. 2. The Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and Fisheries (Fees) (Amendment) Regulation 2007, is hereby revoked. 3. The Fisheries Regulations 1972 is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the Second Schedule and substituting therefor the following new Schedule 341 "SECOND SCHEDULE (Reg. 31) Fees 4. FISHING ACCESS FEES (1) Bilateral Foreign Fishing Vessels (I) Access Fees (a) Purse seiner (i) (b) Long line (i) (c) Pole and line (i) (d) Canier Vessel (i) (ii) (e) Bunker vessel (I) Others (II) Administration Fee (a) Permit Fee (b) MSCFee (c) Observer Administration Fee (d) Observer salary as stipulated within for current Calendar year. as stipulated within the bilateral access agreement for current Calender year. USDlS,ooo >!OOO GRf ';;!OOO GRf USD2,.500 USDl ,000 USDl5,OOO USDlS,OOO USDl ,000 USD2,OOO USDl,.500 USD3S (minimum) per day ) 342 (2) Locally-Rased Chartered Foreign Fishing Vessels (I) Access Fees (a) Purse seiner (i) Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) USD6,00 per day (b) Long line (ii) ;,,100 GRT USD20,000 (iii) <100 GRT USD15,000 (c) Pole and line USD15,000 (d) Carrier Vessel (i) >1000 GRT USD3,000 ) (ii) slOOO GRT or less USD2,000 (iii) Support Carrier Vessel USDI,OOO (1000% landing in port) (e) Bunder vessel USDIO,OOO (f) Processing vessel USD15,000 (g) Sports Fishing (i) Commercial USDIO,OOO (ii) Recreational USD6,OOO (h) Shark Long line USD50,000 (i) Light Fishing USDIO,OOO ) (j) Others USD10,000 343 (II) Administration Fee (a) Pennit Fee USDl,OOO (b) MSCFee USD2,ooO (e) Observer Administration Fee USDI,SOO (d) Observer salary USD3S(minirnwn) per day (3) I.ocally RegistemJ Jilshjng yffl5!1s (I) Access Fees (a) Purse seiner (i) Main Group Arcbipelago SBD70,000 (ii) Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) USD3,ooo per day in EEZ or (iii) s 80% ofFish Landed USD 6000 per day in EEZ (b) Group Purse Seining (s800 GRT) (i) Main Group Arcbipelago SBD25,ooo (ii) Support Vessel SBDlS,ooo (e) Long line SBD20,ooo (d) Shark Long line SBDlOO,ooo 0 Pole and line SBDlO,ooo (t) Carrier Vessel (i) >1000 GRT SBDl2,000 (ii) 51000 GRT or less SBD7,OOO (g) Bunker vessel SBD20,ooo (b) Processing vessel SBDlS,ooo 344 (i) Sportss Fishing (i) Commercial (ii) Recreational (j) Others (II) Administration Fee (a) Permit Fee (b) MSCFee (c) Observer Administration Fee (d) Observer salary ) B. BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT & EXPORT LICENSE (I) Tnna commodities (i) Canning (ii) Arabushi (iii) Loining (iv) Freezing (Cold Storage) (v) Whole Frozen Export (vi) Whole Fresh Export ) (vii) Others SBDIO,OOO SBD 6,000 SBDl5,000 USD500 USD2,OOO USDI,OOO USD35 (mininrum) j:lTday SBD20,000 SBD20,000 SBD20,000 SBD20,000 SBD20,000 SBD20,OOO SBD20,000 345 (2) Inshore commodities (a) Dolphin (i) Live exports SBD 1,000,000 (ii) Holding (ResearchlEducationallTourism) SBDlO,OOO (b) Reef fish SBDlS,OOO (c) Crayfish/Lobster SBDlS,OOO ) (d) Shrimps/Prawns SBDlS,OOO (e) Mud crab SBDlS,OOO (f) Coconut crab SBDlS,OOO (g) GastropodslB ivai ves SBDlS,OOO (h) Clams (Dead Shells) SBDlS,OOO (i) Sea Urchins SBDlS,OOO (j) Dead Sea Shells SBD6,000 (k) Button Blanks SBDIO,OOO (I) Raw Trochus SBD20,000 (m) Beche-de-mer SBD200,000 (n) Shark fin & Whole SBD20,000 (0) Aquarium SBDlS,OOO (p) Crocodile SBD30,000 (q) Dead corals SBDlS,OOO (r) Seaweed SBDlS,OOO (s) Live Reef Fish SBDSO,OOO (t) Others SBDlS,OOO 346 C. Commercia! Aquaculture (I) Live corals SBDIO,OOO (2) Giant clams SBDlO,OOO (3) Beche-de-mer SBDlO,OOO (4) Seaweed SBDIO,OOO (5) Pearl culture SBDlO,OOO (6) Freshwater Fish SBDIO,OOO ) (7) Shrimp/Pra wn SBDIO,OOO (8) Mariculture SBDIO,OOO (9) Hatchery SBDIO,OOO (10) Sea Ranching SBDlO,OOO (11) Others SBDIO,OOO D. EXPORT PERMIT FEES ( I) Commercial SBD200 (2) Domestic consumption (fish only) (i) Fish (20kg) SBD50 ) (ii) beche-de-mer (2kg) SBD200 (iii) Shark-Fin (5kg) SBD200 (iv) Processed Shark-Fin 2kg) SBD200 (3) Ornamentals SBD100 (4) Dolphin export levy per animal USDl,OOO E. 347 OTHER FEES (1) (2) (3) (4) Port entry Transhipment levy (i) Cannning grade (ii) Sashimi Duplicate licence (all classes) Fisheries Research Fee (i) Intemational (ii) Regional Dated in Honiara this twentieth-third day of December, 2013. HON. ALFRED GHIRO, MP Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Honiara, Solomon Islands Printed under the authority of the Solomon Islands Government Printed by Pacific Printers Limited. SBDSOO USD3/ton USDlS/ton SBDl,OOO ) SBDl,OOO SBDSOO