(Prohibition of Unlicensed Medium Type Surrounding-net Fisheries, etc.)
Article 66-(2). Any medium type surrounding-net fisheries, small type trawler fisheries or drag-net fisheries-by-boat in the Seto Inland Sea must not be operated unless the license of the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture for each vessel is granted.
2 "Medium type surrounding-net fisheries" shall mean such fisheries as operated by means of surrounding-nets on board a ship of not less than 5 gross tons and under 60 gross tons (excluding the fisheries for which the license of the competent Minister is needed under the Ministerial Ordinance as prescribed in Article 65 paragraph 1); "small type trawler fisheries" shall mean such fisheries as operated by means of bottom drag-nets on board a powered ship of under 15 gross tons equipped with a screw propeller;and "drag-net fisheries-by-boat in the Seto Inland Seal" shall mean such fisheries as operated by means of boat drag-nets on board a powered ship of not less than 5 gross tons equipped with a screw propeller in the Seto Inland Sea (meaning the waters as prescribed in Article 109 paragraph 2).
3 The competent Minister may, when he deems it necessary to do so for purposes of fisheries adjustment, determine the maximum limits of the total number, total gross tonnage or total horsepower of the vessels in each of To, Do, Fu and prefectures for which the license mentioned in paragraph 1 may be granted;or he may designate sea-areas and determine the maximum limits of the gross tonnage or horsepower of vessels operating in such sea-areas, for which the license mentioned in the same paragraph may be granted.
4 In case the competent Minister intends to determine the maximum limits in accordance with the provision of the preceding paragraph, he must hear the opinion of the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture concerned and the Central Fisheries Adjustment Council therefor.
5 The governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture must not grant the license mentioned in paragraph 1 for any vessel exceeding the maximum limits determined in accordance with the provision of paragraph 3.