amended and announced on May 20, 2022. Starting from July 1, 2022, the minimum monthly wage set by the competent authority was raised to performance of duty, the distant water fisheries operator shall arrange immediate medical treatment and shall make an advance payment of the medical fees and other related expenses. (6) The transportation arrangement and related transportation expenses of the foreign crew member. (7) The minimum rest hours per day for foreign crew members shall be at least ten hours and the rest hours shall consist of a period of at least six uninterrupted hours. Foreign crew members shall have a minimum 77-rest-hour in any seven days. However, in consideration of fishing operation, compensatory leave(s) at seas or after the fishing vessel enters port may be arranged in accordance with the agreement between the employer and the employee. (8) The distant water fisheries operator shall respect the need of the foreign crew member for religious holidays. (9) The compensation and arrangement provisions in case of breaching the contract. (10) The distant water fisheries operator shall make filing complaints to the concerned authorities accessible for foreign crew members. (11) The foreign crew member may ask for early termination of the employment contract and returning to his/her home country. (12) Contact information of the foreign crew member and his/her relatives (13) Other rights and obligations. The monthly wage as referred to in subparagraph (2) of the preceding paragraph means the remuneration a foreign crew member receives for executing the employment contract, including wages, salaries, and any other regular payment. The monthly minimum wage stipulated by the competent authority as referred to in subparagraph (2) of paragraph 1 is 450 US Dollars, and it shall be 550 US Dollars from July 1, 2022, onwards. The monthly minimum wage is subject to adjustments after being at least annually reviewed by the competent authority. The means of payment as referred to in subparagraph (2) of paragraph 1 shall meet one of the following conditions, and distant water fisheries operators shall make full payment to foreign crew members and bear any service charge incurred: (1) To pay in cash to the crew member. (2) To make payment to the account designated by the crew member, which shall not be the account of a foreign agent. (3) To make payment to the account designated by the crew member through a domestic agent, and the designated account shall not be the account of a foreign agent. The beneficiary of the insurance amount as referred to in subparagraph (3) of paragraph 1 shall be the concerned foreign crew member. The beneficiary of the life insurance, other than the spouse, shall be in the following order: (1) Lineal descendants by blood. (2) Parents. (3) Brothers and sisters. (4) Grandparents. The employment contract as referred to in paragraph 1 shall be in accordance with the template drawn up and promulgated by the competent authority. For the employment contracts that were signed prior to the amendment and the promulgation of these Regulations on 20 May 2022, where the agreed minimum wage is less than 550 US Dollars, distant water fisheries operators shall, before 1 January 2023, re-sign the employment contracts with foreign crew members or directly adjust the wage of crew members in accordance with paragraph 3.” 52