CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1(Purpose) #
The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the continuous development of fisheries and to the income growth of fisher by establishing plans for the management of fishery resources and efficiently managing fishery resources through the prescription of matters necessary for the protection, recovery, formation, etc. of fishery resources.
Article 2(Definitions) #
(1) The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Aug. 13, 2013; Jun. 22, 2015>
1. The term "fishery resources" means aquatic animals and plants living in water, which are resources useful to the national economy and people's living;
2. The term "management of fishery resources" means acts, such as the protection, recovery, and formation of fishery resources;
3. The term "total allowable catch (TAC)" means an annual catch limit up to which each species of aquatic animal is allowed to be captured and gathered;
4. The term "formation of fishery resources" means acts of artificially making fishery resources plentiful, such as installing in certain waters the facilities favorable for the breeding of aquatic lives, including fishing banks and seaweed beds, or releasing fishery seeds;
5. The term "marine ranch" means a place where fishery resources are captured and gathered after forming fishery resources, such as comprehensively installing facilities for forming fishery resources in a specific sea area and releasing fishery seeds, and managing them systematically;
6. The term "marine forest" means a place where fishery seeds, such as seaweed, are transplanted, restored, and managed for the restoration of coastal ecosystem and improvement of fishery productivity in the sea area where seaweed has disappeared or is feared to disappear due to coral bleaching (coral calcification), etc. (including sea jungles).
(2) The Fisheries Act and the Aquaculture Industry Development Act shall apply to terms not defined separately in this Act. <Amended on Aug. 27, 2019>