(1) Placed under the authority of a Head of Department, the Fisheries Resources Assessment and Development Service is responsible for:

• studies and assessments of fishery resources;
• the identification and inventory of national fishery resources;
• participation in the collection and processing of fishing statistics;
• fisheries management;
• the development and implementation of techniques for the renewal of fishery resources;
• the promotion of methods for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources;
• socio-economic studies of fishing activities;
• the study of species and their adaptability to various ecological zones.