FISHERIES SEED INDUSTRY PROMOTION ACT

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to promote the fisheries seed industry as a high-value-added industry and to contribute to the sustainable development of fisheries by providing for matters concerning research on and the preservation, production, and distribution of seeds for fisheries and the promotion of and support to the fisheries seed industry.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Feb. 18, 2020>

1. The term "seeds for fisheries" means seeds of aquatic animals and seeds of aquatic plants;

2. The term "seeds of aquatic animals" means sperm, eggs, fry, and spat of aquatic animals, and others prescribed by Presidential Decree;

3. The term "seeds of aquatic plants" means seeds, spores, and leaves, stems, and roots which are nutritious substances of aquatic plants, and others prescribed by Presidential Decree;

4. The term "fisheries seed industry" means the industry that researches and develops, preserves, breeds, increases, produces, distributes, exports, and imports seeds for fisheries;

5. The term "business operator in the fisheries seed industry" means a person who operates the business involved in the fisheries seed industry;

6. The term "business of producing seeds for fisheries" means business of producing and selling seeds for fisheries by building facilities in any of the following waters, or selling seeds produced for fisheries as seeds for fisheries after raising them for a certain period:

(a) Sea;

(b) Seashore;

(d) Inland waters artificially created with seawater, freshwater, or brackish water (water resulting from mixing of seawater with freshwater);

7. The term "producer of seeds for fisheries" means a person who operates a business of producing seeds for fisheries;

8. The term "broodfish" means fish that have characteristics appropriate for the purpose of multiplication because they have pure pedigree;

FISHERIES SEED INDUSTRY PROMOTION ACT

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Responsibilities of the State and Local Governments) #

Article 4(Relationship to Other Statutes) #

Article 5(Basic Plan) #

Article 6(Compilation of Statistics and Fact-Finding Research) #

Article 7(Surveys of Seeds for Fisheries) #

Article 8(Training of Professionals) #

Article 9(Promotion of Development of Techniques Related to Fisheries Seed Industry) #

Article 10(Promotion of International Cooperation and Expansion into Overseas Markets) #

Article 11(Financing and Financial Support) #

Article 12(Provision of Diagnosis of and Guidance on Techniques and Management) #

Article 13(Support for Modernization of Seed Production and Research Facilities for Fisheries) #

Article 14(Designation of Center for Promotion of Fisheries Seed Industry) #

Article 15(Development of Technical Research Complex for Seeds for Fisheries) #

Article 16(Establishment of Association of Fisheries Seed Industry) #

Article 17(Setting of Improvement Targets) #

Article 18(Registration of Broodfish and Broodstock) #

Article 19(Examination of Broodfish) #

Article 20(Lending and Exchange of Broodfish) #

Article 21(Permission to Conduct Business of Producing Seeds for Fisheries) #

Article 22(Succession to Position of Person Who Has Obtained Permission) #

Article 23(Alteration or Closure of Business of Producing Seeds for Fisheries) #

Article 24(Removal of Facilities) #

Article 25(Reporting of Commencement of Business and Suspension of Business) #

Article 26(Revocation of Permission to Conduct Business of Producing Seeds for Fisheries) #

Article 27(Application Mutatis Mutandis of the Aquaculture Industry Development Act) #

Article 28(Reporting of Production, Importation, and Sale of Varieties of Seeds of Aquatic Plants) #

Article 29(Restrictions on Exportation, Importation and Distribution of Seeds for Fisheries) #

Article 30(Examination to Determine Eligibility for Importation) #

Article 31(Quality Mark of Distributed Seeds for Fisheries) #

Article 32(Survey of Distribution of Seeds for Fisheries) #

Article 33(Keeping of Samples of Seeds for Fisheries) #

Article 34(Testing and Analysis of Seeds for Fisheries in Dispute) #

Article 35(Arbitration of Disputes) #

Article 36(Hearings) #

Article 37(Fees) #

Article 38(Exemption from and Refund of Fees) #

Article 39(Delegation and Entrustment of Authority) #

Article 40(Penalty Provisions) #

Article 41(Penalty Provisions) #

Article 42(Joint Penalty Provisions) #

Article 43(Administrative Fines) #