Decree No. 291 of 2011 relative to access to participation in the catching of minke whales in 2011.

The Decree prescribes conditions for access to hunting of minke whales in 2011 to be granted by the Directorate of Fisheries. In order to obtain a license: (a) the vessel shall be registered; (b) the owner of the vessel shall be included in part B of the Fishermen's Census; (c) the applicant and the participating vessel shall have participated in at least the last six years in the hunting of minke whales, and; (d) the applicant owns at least 50 percent of the participating vessel. Participants shall have passed a test to be prepared by the Directorate. In certain circumstances a substitute for the holder of the right to participate can be accepted by the Directorate in accordance with conditions set out in this Decree.