Fisheries Seed Industry Promotion Act.

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. For the purpose of the present Act, "seeds for fisheries" means seeds of aquatic animals and seeds of aquatic plants. Article 9 states that the the State and local governments shall implement the following matters to promote the development of techniques related to the fisheries seed industry: 1) Surveys of the trends in and demand for techniques related to the fisheries seed industry; 2) Research and development concerning techniques related to the fisheries seed industry; 3) Industrialization of developed techniques related to the fisheries seed industry; 4) Exchange of techniques related to the fisheries seed industry; 5) Support for investment, financing, and guarantee for the provision of funds necessary for the development of techniques; 6) Other matters necessary to promote the development of techniques related to the fisheries seed industry. The text consists of 43 articles.