Division Notification system for foreign fishing vessels

The above procedure for the application for licences under the Nature Conservation Act 1998 applies to all vessels with fishing rights (see Basic Reg. 2371/2002, Annex I). Dutch fishing trade organisations may apply for a licence on behalf of foreign fishing vessels for a certain type of fisheries. In that case these fishermen are either immediately added to the list of licensees which is attached to the licence (if their data have been provided to the competent authorities by the relevant Dutch trade organisation at the time of awarding the licence) or they are included – with their characteristics — in that list after their notification by e-mail ([email protected]] to the competent authorities. Foreign fishing vessels are subject to the same licensing rules.