Law No. 0611 creating the Amapá Fisheries Agency (PESCAP). Pays/Territoire Brésil Sous-division territoriale Amapá Type du document Législation Date 2001 (2007) Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Pêche Mot clé Institution Pêche maritime Pêche continentale Aquaculture Mariculture Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives Aire géographique Amazone, Amériques, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Atlantique Nord, Amérique du Sud, Atlantique Sud Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the day of its publication. Résumé This Law, consisting of 9 articles and one Annex, creates the Amapá Fisheries Agency (PESCAP). It establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of PESCAP, as a State authority, with legal personality under public law, linked to the State Secretariat for Rural Development, with administrative and financial autonomy, headquarters and jurisdiction in the Macapá Region. PESCAP has the purpose to implement a state policy aimed at supporting the development of artisanal and industrial fishing activities, aquaculture and other related activities specified in the text. Texte intégral Portugais Site web www.al.ap.gov.br