Marine Products Law of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2015).

This Marine Products Law of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is enactd to adopt systems and order in the creation and protection of marine resources, and the production and manufacture of marine products to develop the marine products industry and raise people’s standard of living.
The State shall, actively develop fish farming at sea and shall make great efforts in fish farming in streams, reservoirs, and lakes; correctly combine open ocean fishing, coastal fishing, large-scale fishing and small-scale fishing, increase the production of marine products, and further improve the marine products manufacturing industry. The marine products guidance institution and the marine products scientific research institution shall correctly adopt a breeding system for delicious, fast-growing, and hardy species for fish farming, and must resolve scientific and technical issues to increase production. The State shall, actively develop fish farming at sea and shall make great efforts in fish farming in streams, reservoirs, and lakes; correctly combine open ocean fishing, coastal fishing, large-scale fishing and small-scale fishing, increase the production of marine products, and further improve the marine products manufacturing industry. The marine products guidance institution and the marine products scientific research institution shall correctly adopt a breeding system for delicious, fast-growing, and hardy species for fish farming, and must resolve scientific and technical issues to increase production. State planning institutions must adopt a production and export of marine products plan according to the production capacity for marine resources by type and the state of implementation of the marine resources creation plan. Marine products may not be produced or exported without receiving a production and export of marine products plan or executing a marine resources creation plan. The division of fisheries and permission for fishing shall be done by the non-standing resource development deliberation committee. The non-standing resource development deliberation committee must grant division of fisheries and permission for fishing to units that have received a production and export of marine products plan.