Ministerial Order No. 52/2012 approving the Statute of the Provincial Delegations of the National Administration of Fisheries (ADNAP).

This Ministerial Order approves the Statute of the Provincial Delegations of the National Administration of Fisheries (ADNAP). The Statute, consisting of 5 Chapters, specifies composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned provincial institutions entitled to: design and submit the Provincial Delegation plan of action to local level, coordinated with the ADNAP; guarantee the implementation and monitoring of the plan of action; carry out technical scientific programmes, in coordination with the different areas of ADNAP; guarantee the management measures on fisheries; collect, systematize, keep and disseminate information on management and monitoring of fisheries sector; guarantee the process of collection abd analysis of data on fish caught; guarantee the licensing of fishing activities and their control; promote and guarantee the functioning of a participatory management of fisheries sector; cooperate with the Provincial Governor and the National Government, according to the Regulation on State Local Legislation, approved by Decree No. 11/2005. These Provincial Delegations aim at guaranteeing at provincial level the competencies of ADNAP related to management and monitoring of the fisheries sector. The Statute is divided as follows: General provisions (Chap. I); Organic System (Chap. II); Functions of Organic Units (Chap. III); Composition of Provincial Delegation (Chap. IV); Final provisions (Chap. V).