Framing, updating and implementing of fisheries operational regulations, fisheries management regulations and aquaculture management regulations
   
New Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management and Development Act. will be introduced to strengthen the legal framework to control poaching by foreign fishing vessels.
   
Registration of fishing boats and issuing of fishing operational licenses
   
Action relating to the mortgaging of fishing boats
   
Issuing of licenses for the export of live fish
   
Issuing fish landing permits for foreign fishing boats
   
Enhance the understanding and awareness about fishery management
   
Coordinate loan facilities for the purchase of capital goods
   
Registration and performance monitoring of boat builders, manufacturers of fishing gear, sales agents and agents for boat engines
   
Approve prices for boats, engines and gear
   
Guidance and supervision of fisheries cooperative societies to enhance their efficiency
   
Formulation of development projects for fisheries cooperatives and the establishment of fisheries (Idiwara) banks
   
Improve the understanding and awareness among fishing communities on fisheries management
   
Repatriation of fishermen arrested by foreign countries and rescue of fishermen stranded in the high seas
   
Collection and analysis of data regarding the fishing industry
   
Registration of fish processing establishments, monitoring of the quality of fish exports and issues of export permits
   
Upgrading the standards of fish sale outlets for local consumption
   
  Related Topics - Fisheries Statistics | Fisheries & Policy Reforms | Targets
 
 
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