Sea surface lease system

…He presented a plan to eliminate the existing right to occupy and use fishing grounds, lease the sea surface of government ownership for the purpose of fishing production, and collect rental fees from it. This was the outline of the so-called Declaration of Public Ownership of Sea Surfaces and the Sea Surface Lease System. The content of the Declaration of Public Ownership of Sea Surfaces can be rephrased as "the right to occupy and use fishing grounds is generated by a license from the state," and this was the basis of not only the Meiji Fisheries Law but also the Fisheries Law after World War II. …

*Some of the terminology used in relation to the "sea surface lease system" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…従来の漁場占有利用権を消滅させて，新たに漁業生産のために官有の海面を貸与し，そこから借用料をとるという構想を示したわけである。これがいわゆる海面官有宣言，海面借区制の輪郭であった。このうち海面官有宣言の内容は〈漁場占有利用権は国の免許によって発生する〉と言い換えることができ，明治漁業法はもとより第2次大戦後の漁業法まで根底として継承された。…

※「海面借区制」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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