Article 1The minor harvest of aquatic plants and animals as specified by the Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries set forth in the proviso of Article 4, paragraph (1) of Act on the Exercise of the Sovereign Right for Fishery, etc. in the Exclusive Economic Zone (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") is to be the following harvest of aquatic plants and animals, which is carried out by vessels with a gross tonnage of less than three tons or which is carried out by legitimate foreign residents under the supervision of fishery operators with Japanese nationality (including those that have others harvest or cultivate aquatic plants and animals as a business) using Japanese vessels with gross tonnage of three tons or more.

Article 2(1)Any foreign national who seeks to apply for the permission set forth in Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Act must, with regard to the vessel undertaking the fishery or the harvest of aquatic plants and animals (excluding those falling under the fishery and including fishery incidental acts; the same applies hereinafter), submit a written application stating the following matters to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

(2)In addition to the written application set forth in the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries may ask for the submission of documents considered necessary for determining whether or not the permission may be granted.

Article 3The form of permit issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (2) of the Act is to be specified separately and announced by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Article 4(1)Any foreign national who has been granted the permission set forth in Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Act must, when having lost or damaged the permit, promptly apply for reissuance of the permit to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, indicating the reason of it.

(2)When an application has been made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is to issue a permit without delay.

Article 5The statement that a permit has been granted set forth in paragraph (1) of Article 5 under the provisions of the same Article, paragraph (3) of the Act must be made clearly using a sign that is specified separately and publicly notified by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Article 6The permit set forth in Article 5, paragraph (2) of the Act must be kept on the bridge or other equivalent places.

Article 7The categories as specified by the Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries set forth in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act are to be specified by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, according to the kind of aquatic plants and animals, sea area, and foreign nations to which foreign nationals belong.

Article 8The purpose as specified by the Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries set forth in Article 8 of the Act is testing and research as well as practice teaching.

Article 9Any foreign national who seeks the approval set forth in Article 8 of the Act must submit a written application stating the following matters to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for each vessel pertaining to the harvest of aquatic plants and animals.

Article 10Any foreign national who seeks the approval set forth in Article 9 of the Act must submit a written application stating the following matters to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for each vessel to which the fishery incidental acts pertaining to the fishery or the harvest of aquatic plants and animals by persons other than foreign nationals relate (hereinafter simply referred to as "fishery incidental acts").

Article 11Any foreign national who seeks the approval set forth in Article 10 of the Act must submit a written application stating the following matters to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for each vessel involved in the survey.

Article 12When an application for authorization set forth in Articles 8 through 10 of the Act has been made, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries must not grant the authorization set forth in Articles 8 through 10 of the Act unless the harvests of aquatic plants and animals, the fishery incidental acts or the surveys pertaining to that application do not hinder the protection of living marine resources, the adjustment of the fishery, or other public interests.

Article 13The provisions set forth in Article 2, paragraph (2) and Articles 3 through 6 applies mutatis mutandis to the authorization set forth in Articles 8 through 10 of the Act.

Article 14(1)When it is necessary to inspect or ask a question under the provisions of Article 15-2, paragraph (1) of the Act, an authorized fisheries supervisor may order the master of the vessel pertaining to the fishery, the harvest of aquatic plants and animals or the survey, the person who performs the duties of the master of the vessel, or the person who directs the fishing operation, to stop the vessel.

(2)The order to stop a vessel set forth in the preceding paragraph is to be made by telling or displaying to the effect that the inspection or question set forth in the same paragraph will be made or asked and by using the following signals set forth in International Code of Signals adopted by International Maritime Organization.

(3)In the preceding paragraph, the term "a prolonged blast" or "a prolonged light emission" means a blast or light emission continuing for about three seconds, and the term "a short blast" or "a short light emission" means a blast or light emission continuing for about one second.

Article 15The provisions of Article 2 through the preceding Article applies mutatis mutandis to the fishery, the harvest of aquatic plants and animals and surveys pertaining to fixative species in the area which is the continental shelf but not in the exclusive economic zone.In this case, the terms and phrases listed in the middle column of the following table which are used in the provisions listed in the left-hand column of that table are to be deemed to be replaced with the terms and phrases listed in the right-hand column of that table.