Regional Act No. 14 regulating professional fishing and aquaculture. Country/Territory Italy Territorial subdivision Umbria Document type Legislation Date 2005 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Umbria No. 12, 16 March 2005. Subject Fisheries Keyword Inland fisheries Fishery management and conservation Aquaculture Institution Registration Subsidy/incentive Cooperative/producer organization Policy/planning Offences/penalties Fishing authorization Authorization/permit Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract The present Regional Act lays down provisions regulating professional fishing in regional waters as well as aquaculture with a view to, inter alia, enhancing autochthonous fish species and ensuring the conservation of aquatic ecosystems. Firstly, the Act provides for the institutional framework in the fisheries and aquaculture sector: articles 3 to 5 define the competences of the Region, the Provinces and the Regional Agency for the Protection of the Environment; article 6 provides for the establishment of the Advisory Commission for Fisheries and Aquaculture. The regional authority shall be responsible for drafting and adopting the programme for fisheries and aquaculture, in accordance with the criteria specified by article 7. Article 11 lists out the activities for which subsidies may be granted. Full text Italian Website www.regione.umbria.it References - Legislation Repealed by Regional Act No. 15 laying down provisions for the protection of fishery resources and aquatic ecosystems and regulating professional fishing, sport fishing and aquaculture. Legislation | Italy | 2008 Keyword: Inland fisheries, Aquaculture, Non-commercial fishing, Fishery management and conservation, Policy/planning, Stock enhancement/repopulation, Subsidy/incentive, Inland waters, Classification/declassification, Pollution control, Ecosystem preservation, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX