Resolution No. 185/2020 approving the Annual Executive Plan for the Fisheries Resources Management for the year 2021.

Subject

Food & nutrition, Fisheries

Keyword

Marine fisheries Foreign fishing Fishery management and conservation Fishing gear/fishing method Data collection/reporting Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Offences/penalties Monitoring Inspection Artisanal fishing Non-commercial fishing Enforcement/compliance Sustainable use Food security Food quality control/food safety Fish products

Geographical area

Africa, AFRICA FAO, Atlantic Ocean Islands, North Atlantic, Sahel, Small Island Developing States, Western Africa

Entry into force notes

This Resolution enters into force on the day after its publication and is effective until 31 December 2021.

Abstract

This Resolution approves the Annual Executive Plan for the Fisheries Resources Management for the year 2021 (PGRP) under the General Regime for the management and organization of fishing activities in national maritime waters and the high seas, approved by Legislative Decree No. 2/2020 of 19 March. The Plan, consisting of ten Sections establishes the specific objectives arising from the PGRP are formulated as follows: “Cape Verde's Fisheries contributes to the increase in the value of national production, the reduction in the Balance of Payments deficit, the increase in food security, the guarantee of product quality fisheries and increased employment”. The target group is the population of Cape Verde in general, but the beneficiaries in particular are fishers, shipowners, owners of processing industries and workers in the fisheries sector. This Plan is mandatory and the measures set out are applicable to all fishing agents and operators. This Plan can be changed at any time, after hearing the National Fisheries Council, whenever new scientific data or economic and social factors call into question the general and specific objectives of fisheries management.

Full text

Portuguese

Website

www.legis-palop.org

References - Legislation

Implements

Legislative Decree No. 2/2020 approving the general regime regulating fishing activities in national maritime waters and the high seas.

Legislation | Cabo Verde | 2020

Keyword: Basic legislation, Marine fisheries, High seas, Fishing vessel, Foreign fishing, Data collection/reporting, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Offences/penalties, Fishery management and conservation, Monitoring, Inspection, Non-commercial fishing, Artisanal fishing, Protection of species, Food quality control/food safety, Fish products, Aquatic animals, Endangered species, Marine fishes, Marine mammals, Precautionary principle

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Resolution No. 93/2021 amending Resolution No. 185/2020 on the Annual Executive Plan for the Fisheries Resources Management for the year 2021.

Legislation | Cabo Verde | 2021

Keyword: Marine fisheries, Fish products, Fishery management and conservation, Molluscs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX