Fisherman's license and license fee.
Section 22
SEC. 22. Fisherman's license and license fee.—No person shall be employed or engaged as fisherman on a vessel of more than three tons gross for the commercial catching of fish unless he is provided with a fisherman's license. Such license shall be issued by the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources upon the payment of an annual fee of twenty centavos before the first day of April of each year. No license as fisherman to work on vessels for the commercial catching of fish shall be issued, except to citizens of the Philippine Islands or of the United States or of countries the laws of which grant similar rights to citizens of the Philippine Islands: Provided, however, That aliens engaged in fishing on vessels of more than three tons gross at the time this Act goes into effect shall be licensed under the provisions of this Act so long as they have not been guilty of any violation of this Act or the customs laws or the regulations promulgated thereunder.