(1) Under the authority of a Head of Service, the Regional Service for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Fisheries Industries is responsible for:

• the inspection, promotion, monitoring and control of fishing, aquaculture and fishing industry activities;
• technical control of fishing gear;
• monitoring of available fishery resources;
• the promotion of fishery and aquaculture by-products;
• monitoring the implementation and evaluation of fisheries and aquaculture projects;
• the promotion and development of fish and fish production and their derivatives;
• training of fishermen, fish farmers and processors of fishery products;
• the popularization of fisheries and aquaculture techniques;
• monitoring and control of private fisheries and aquaculture extension services;
• the protection of fisheries, maritime and river resources;
• monitoring and control of catching gear and fishing units;
• monitoring and controlling the movement and marketing of fishery products;
• monitoring the activities of professional and inter-professional organisations in the fisheries and aquaculture sector;
• monitoring and monitoring the application of quality standards for equipment and products of fishery origin;
• monitoring the implementation of fisheries and aquaculture regulations;
• the collection of statistics on fisheries, aquaculture and the fishing industries;
• monitoring the implementation of the Ministry’s projects in the Region, in the field of fisheries and aquaculture.