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Decree-Law No. 443/76 concerning the exploitation of seaweed.

Country/Territory
Portugal
Document type
Legislation
Date
1976
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República No. 131/76, 4 June 1976, pp. 1253-1255.
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Institution Inspection Aquatic plants Seasons Fishery management and conservation
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe
Abstract

Article 1 establishes that controls on the exploitation of seaweed shall be the competence of the State Fisheries Secretariat. Such Authority shall be supported by the organization representatives of underwater working of seeweed taking (TASA). Collecting shall be practised during fixed seasons (art. 3); floating aquatic plants and those transported to the coast by the sea, may be taken at any time (art. 4).

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