Article 1. The Fisheries Law (Law No.267 of 1949) shall be partially amended as follows:
In Article 67 paragraph 3, next to "the Seto Inland Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission" shall be added "or the Ariake Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission" .
In Article 82 paragraph 2, next to "the Seto Inland Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission" , shall be added "and the Ariake Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission" .
The heading of Article 109 shall be amended as "(Seto Inland Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission and Others)" ;and paragraph 1 of the same Article shall be amended as follows:
The Seto Inland Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission shall be set up for the Seto Inland Sea, and the Ariake Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission, for the Ariake Sea.
In paragraph 7 of the same Article, next to "the Seto Inland Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission" , shall be added "and the Ariake Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission" , and the same paragraph shall be made paragraph 9.
Paragraph 5 and paragraph 6 of the same Article shall be made paragraph 7 and paragraph 8 respectively.
In paragraph 4 of the same Article, next to "the Seto Inland Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission" , shall be added "or the Ariake Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission" , and the same paragraph shall be made paragraph 6.
Paragraph 3 of the same Article shall be made paragraph 4;and next to the same paragraph the following one paragraph shall be added as paragraph 5:
5 The members of the Ariake Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission shall consist of the following persons:
(1) One person from each prefecture elected by mutual voting from among the members of the Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commissions set up within the area of the Ariake Sea;
(2) Two persons appointed by the competent Minister from among persons of learning and experience.
Next to paragraph 2 of the same Article, the following one paragraph shall be added as paragraph 3:
3 "The Ariake Sea" as named in paragraph 1 means the waters bounded by the straight lines specified in the following items and by shore lines:
(1) The straight line from Sezumezaki, Nagasaki Prefecture to Tenjin-yama, Kumamoto Prefecture;
(2) The straight line from Somegatake, Kumamoto Prefecture to Seto Sankakuten (124.6 M), Shigaki Village;
(3) The straight line from Ebisuhana, Kumamoto Prefecture to Oyanodake;
(4) The straight line from Misumiseto Lighthouse, Kumamoto Prefecture, passing Nakakamijima to Misumidake.
The heading of Article 110 shall be amended as "(Instructions of Seto Inland Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission and Others)" ;and in the same Article, next to "the Seto Inland Sea" , shall be added "or the Ariake Sea" ;and next to "the Seto Inland Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission" , shall be added "or the Ariake Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission" .
In Article 111, "the commissioners as mentioned in Article 109 paragraph 3 item (2)" shall be amended as "the members as mentioned in Article 109 paragraph 4 item (2), and in the case of the Ariake Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission, the members as mentioned in paragraph 5 item (2) of the same Article" ; "the competent Minister, in case of the Seto Inland Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission" , as "the competent Minister, in the case of the Seto Inland Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission and the Ariake Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission" ;and "the commissioners, in case of the Seto Inland Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission" , as "the members, in the case of the Seto Inland Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission and the Ariake Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission" .
In Article 116 paragraph 3, next to "the Seto Inland Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission" , shall be added "or the Ariake Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission" .
In Article 117, next to "the Seto Inland Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission" , shall be added "and the Ariake Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission" .
In paragraph 12 of the Supplementary Provisions, next to "Seto Inland Sea United Seaarea Fisheries Adjustment Commission" , shall be added "Ariake Sea United Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission," ;and "Article 109 paragraph 5" shall be amended as "Article 109 paragraph 7" .