(1) Under the authority of a Director, the Department of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Fish Industries is responsible for:

• the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of government policy on fisheries, aquaculture and fisheries industries;
• the management and sustainable development of fishery resources;
• the improvement of quantity and quality of production and yields in the fisheries sector;
• the development and monitoring of projects in the fields of fisheries, aquaculture and the fisheries industries;
• the implementation and monitoring of projects in the fields of fisheries, aquaculture and fisheries industries; the promotion and development of fish and fish products; the popularization of fisheries and aquaculture techniques;
• monitoring and control of private fisheries and aquaculture extension services;
• the protection of sea, river and lake fishery resources;
• training of fishermen, aquaculturists and processors of fishery products;
• the examination of applications for approval of the profession of exploiter of fishery and fish resources and products;
• the examination of licences, permits and authorizations for the exploitation of fishery and fish resources and shellfish;
• participation in the collection of statistics on fishery and aquaculture products;
• the examination of applications for approval and authorisation for the creation and opening of fishing and aquaculture operating establishments, in conjunction with the administrations concerned;
• the examination of technical advice files on the import and export of products of fishery origin;
• the development and monitoring of the application of regulations in the field of fisheries, aquaculture and the fishing industries;
• studies and research with a view to increasing the production of fishery and fish resources, in conjunction with the Ministry of Scientific Research and Technological Innovation;
• the improvement of fishing techniques and the technical itinerary for fish farming;
• monitoring and control of catching gear and fishing units;
  – the monitoring and control of the movement and marketing of fish and fish products;
• monitoring the activities of professional and inter-professional organizations of fishermen and fish farmers;
• support and advice to fishermen, fish farmers and operators of fish and fish products;
• the emergence and development of professional and inter-professional organizations in the fisheries and aquaculture subsector;
• research and monitoring of the implementation of incentives for operators in the fisheries and aquaculture subsector; the promotion of fish and fish products; monitoring the application of standards and labels, in conjunction with the administrations concerned;
• the promotion of the processing of fish and fish products;
• the popularization of appropriate techniques in the fisheries products industries;
• the design and promotion of techniques for the development of aquaculture facilities;
• monitoring the development, operation and maintenance of aquaculture infrastructure;
• monitoring the application of regulations on aquaculture infrastructure;
• the development of the aquaculture map, in conjunction with the administrations concerned;
• the harmonization of the various interventions in the field of aquaculture infrastructure; monitoring the rational management of aquaculture infrastructure and equipment.

(2) It includes:

• The Sub-Directorate of Industrial and Artisanal Fisheries
• The Sub-Directorate of Aquaculture
• The Sub-Directorate of Fisheries Technologies and Fishing Industries
• The Brigade for the Control and Surveillance of Fishing Activities