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Industrial fishing permit
An industrial fishing permit is an official document granting a holder the right to use specific fishing capacities for commercial exploitation of living aquatic resources.
An application to obtain an industrial fishing permit is individually drawn up in a written form. A competent authority does not prescribe a form. On the basis of the application with corresponding certificates the competent authority issues an industrial fishing permit.
The permit is issued for an unlimited period. The permit is issued by the minister responsible for fishing on the A4 format and includes all data on the identification of a fishing vessel and its operator. The permit also states technical characteristics of a fishing vessel and equipment.
Individuals who want to obtain an industrial fishing permit must fulfil additional conditions. After obtaining an industrial fishing permit as a fisherman/natural entity, this person is entered in the register of fishermen by the competent authority ex officio.
The permit is not transferable. The issued permit must be kept on the fishing vessel during the industrial fishing. The fishing equipment stated on the permit must be kept at the vessel.
If the number of already issued permits exceeds the fishing possibilities determined in the fishing programme that provides for the sustainable use of fish, the new permit is not issued. Permits are issued on the basis of the chronological order of received applications.
Conditions
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A fishing vessel must be registered with the Slovenian Maritime Administration on the basis of the request for the entry with the evidence:
document on the vessel ownership (invoice, statement on the self-construction of a vessel with the invoices on the purchased material and other documents, such as sales contract, deed of gift or other agreement, court decree on inheritance); customs declaration; certificate on the deletion of the engine, if its is registered for other vessel; certificate on the construction of the vessel and certificate on the engine or declaration on the conformity and certificate of the producer; documents in the field of value added tax, evidence on the mandatory insurance against the liability for damage caused to third persons.
The basic inspection must be carried out before the registration to establish the appropriate capacity of the vessel. On the basis of the established capacity of the vessel and the evidence, the vessel is registered and entered in the record file and issued with an entry form. Related costs are incurred, which include:
administration fee; fee for vessel measurement; costs of inspection establishing the capacity of a vessel for seaworthiness; fee for the application of navigation safety facilities.
After the vessel is registered and entered with the Slovenian Maritime Administration, it is also entered in the register of fishing vessels kept by the ministry competent for agriculture, forestry and food.
Evidence
Entry form of a vessel
Legal basis
Competent Authority
Slovenian Maritime Administration
Kopališko nabrežje 9
6000 Koper -
A fisherman who carries out industrial fishing must be a professionally qualified person for industrial fishing as per the national vocational qualification.
A fisherman acquires a professional qualification by successfully passing the exam.
During the fishing, the evidence of professional qualification must be always available on the vessel.
Legal basis
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Passive and active fishing tools are used for performing the industrial fishing.
The passive fishing tools include:
- longliners,
- gillnets,
- entangling nets,
- trammel nets,
- drifting gillnets which may include one or several separate nets which form a group of nets and
- traps.
A fishing vessel commander or owner who uses passive fishing tools must provide the marking and recognisability of every passive fishing tool. The following is used to mark passive fishing tools:
- BUOY
- All tools, placed in the area over 300 m from the shore must be marked with a buoy. A separate trap must be marked with a buoy. Both ends of a longliner, net, group of nets or group of traps must be marked with a buoy. Buoys marking one passive fishing tool must be the same. The length between two buoys marking the same passive fishing tool must not be longer than 800m. Ropes tied with a buoy must be made of a submersible material or weighted.
- MAST
- A mast of every buoy marking the passive fishing tools in the area between 300m and 1.5 nautical miles from the shore must be at least 1m above the sea surface, or 2m over the sea surface in the area over 1.5 nautical mile. Every mast must have at least one flag of a rectangular shape. Flags of the same passive fishing tool must be of the same number, colour and size.
- FLOAT
- Passive fishing tools placed 300m from the shore must be marked with a float which is fixed on the first top line of both ends of a passive fishing tool. A float must be made of durable material and have an external mark of a fishing vessel it belongs to. Letters and numbers on the float must not be smaller than 7cm, blurred, changed, illegible or damaged. A separate trap used for fishing up to 300m from the shore is marked with one float.
Active fishing tools are all trawls for fishing demersal or pelagic fish species and purse seines. A fishing vessel commander who uses active fishing tools must provide the marking of fishing vessel by allowing the integration and use of the satellite system for vessel monitoring.
Every fishing vessel performing the fishing in the area more than 1.5 nautical miles from the shore must be equipped with a GPS device and CB station which must be operating on channel 4 during the fishing.
Legal basis
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A legal entity must not be prohibited to conduct the industrial fishing.
Evidence
The decision of the court or competent authority for making decisions on offences. The competent authority acquires the evidence ex officio.
Legal basis
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The industrial fishing permit was never permanently withdrawn from the applicant. The permit is withdrawn in the case of sever violations, for which the mandatory measure of withdrawal of permit is determined.
Evidence
Decision on the permanent withdrawal of the industrial fishing permit. The competent authority acquires the evidence ex officio.
Legal basis
Competent Authority
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An individual must fulfil the following conditions:
- he must not be an owner or co-owner of a company,
- not entered in the register of sole traders,
- not a pension receiver,
- exclusive activity – industrial fishing.
Evidence
Statement that I am not the owner or co-owner of a company, that I am not entered in the register of sole traders and that on the date when I want to acquire the status of a fisherman – natural entity, I will no longer be a sole trader, that I am not a pension receiver and that I will only conduct industrial fishing.
Legal basis
Competent Authority
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A fisherman sends the application together with the statement to the competent authority.
The register of fishermen is kept with the competent authority. Fishermen who acquired the industrial fishing permit as fishermen – natural entities are entered in the register of fishermen ex officio.
The following data are entered in the register of fishermen – natural entities:
- personal identification number;
- tax identification number;
- personal name,
- address of the permanent residence,
- date of entry and
- date of removal from the register
Those fishermen are removed from the register whose industrial fishing permit expires and if they do not exercise industrial sea fishing exclusively.
Legal basis
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A fishing vessel must be registered with the Slovenian Maritime Administration on the basis of the request for the entry with the evidence:
document on the vessel ownership (invoice, statement on the self-construction of a vessel with the invoices on the purchased material and other documents, such as sales contract, deed of gift or other agreement, court decree on inheritance); customs declaration; certificate on the deletion of the engine, if its is registered for other vessel; certificate on the construction of the vessel and certificate on the engine or declaration on the conformity and certificate of the producer; documents in the field of value added tax, evidence on the mandatory insurance against the liability for damage caused to third persons.
The basic inspection must be carried out before the registration to establish the appropriate capacity of the vessel. On the basis of the established capacity of the vessel and the evidence, the vessel is registered and entered in the record file and issued with an entry form. Related costs are incurred, which include:
administration fee; fee for vessel measurement; costs of inspection establishing the capacity of a vessel for seaworthiness; fee for the application of navigation safety facilities.
After the vessel is registered and entered with the Slovenian Maritime Administration, it is also entered in the register of fishing vessels kept by the ministry competent for agriculture, forestry and food.
Evidence
Entry form of a vessel
Legal basis
Competent Authority
Slovenian Maritime Administration
Kopališko nabrežje 9
6000 Koper -
Passive and active fishing tools are used for performing the industrial fishing.
The passive fishing tools include:
- longliners,
- gillnets,
- entangling nets,
- trammel nets,
- drifting gillnets which may include one or several separate nets which form a group of nets and
- traps.
A fishing vessel commander or owner who uses passive fishing tools must provide the marking and recognisability of every passive fishing tool. The following is used to mark passive fishing tools:
- BUOY
- All tools, placed in the area over 300 m from the shore must be marked with a buoy. A separate trap must be marked with a buoy. Both ends of a longliner, net, group of nets or group of traps must be marked with a buoy. Buoys marking one passive fishing tool must be the same. The length between two buoys marking the same passive fishing tool must not be longer than 800m. Ropes tied with a buoy must be made of a submersible material or weighted.
- MAST
- A mast of every buoy marking the passive fishing tools in the area between 300m and 1.5 nautical miles from the shore must be at least 1m above the sea surface, or 2m over the sea surface in the area over 1.5 nautical mile. Every mast must have at least one flag of a rectangular shape. Flags of the same passive fishing tool must be of the same number, colour and size.
- FLOAT
- Passive fishing tools placed 300m from the shore must be marked with a float which is fixed on the first top line of both ends of a passive fishing tool. A float must be made of durable material and have an external mark of a fishing vessel it belongs to. Letters and numbers on the float must not be smaller than 7cm, blurred, changed, illegible or damaged. A separate trap used for fishing up to 300m from the shore is marked with one float.
Active fishing tools are all trawls for fishing demersal or pelagic fish species and purse seines. A fishing vessel commander who uses active fishing tools must provide the marking of fishing vessel by allowing the integration and use of the satellite system for vessel monitoring.
Every fishing vessel performing the fishing in the area more than 1.5 nautical miles from the shore must be equipped with a GPS device and CB station which must be operating on channel 4 during the fishing.
Legal basis
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A legal entity must not be prohibited to conduct the industrial fishing.
Evidence
The decision of the court or competent authority for making decisions on offences. The competent authority acquires the evidence ex officio.
Legal basis
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The industrial fishing permit was never permanently withdrawn from the applicant. The permit is withdrawn in the case of sever violations, for which the mandatory measure of withdrawal of permit is determined.
Evidence
Decision on the permanent withdrawal of the industrial fishing permit. The competent authority acquires the evidence ex officio.
Legal basis
Competent Authority
Procedures
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Industrial fishing permit
Attachments
- Certificate of passing exam following the training programme to practice commercial fishing
- Decision of the court or the authority competent to make decisions on minor offences
- Evidence of entry of a fishing vessel in the record
Procedure costs
Administrative costs: 22.60 €
Legal protection
Form of redress: Administrative Dispute
Competent Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food
Legal basis
Register ni javen