Decree No. 1335 of 2002 to regulate access to participation for fishing for cod, haddock, coalfish, and other fish species for vessels with a length of more than 28 meters and which fish with conventional gear in 2003.

This Decree specifies criteria for participation in 2003 in fishing for cod, haddock, coalfish, tusk, Greenland halibut, ling, redfish and catfish by vessels of or more than 28 metres of total length and which fish with conventional gear, i.e. with other methods as seine and trawl. Section 2 outlines general conditions for participation. Criteria regard registration as vessel of or more than 28 metres of total length, inclusion in the Fishermen Census, Part B, by the owner of the vessel and the captain, and previous participation by the applying vessel. Vessels must have participated in the same kind of fishery in the years 1996, 1997, and 1998. Fishing with nets for coalfish requires prior participation in 1998. The Decree provides also for fishing rights in the case of transfer or lease of the vessel. (9 sections)