Ministry of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Maritime Economy of Guinea / Ministère des Pêches, de l’Aquaculture et de l’Economie Maritime

Ministry of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Maritime Economy. It is in charge of developing, coordinating, promoting and monitoring implementation of the Government’s policies in the areas of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Maritime Economy (Decree D/2016/094/PRG/SGG of 30 March 2016).

In addition to the Office of the Minister and that of the Secretary General, the Ministry of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Maritime Economy also includes support services, central services and decentralized services.

Central departments in charge of developing the Government’s policies on maritime, aquaculture and continental fishing are:

National Department of Industrial Fishing,
National Department of Artisanal Fishing,
National Department of Aquaculture, and
National Department of Maritime Economy.
The Ministry of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Maritime Economy supervises the following agencies working within its purview:

The CNSHP (Boussoura National centre for fisheries science) in charge of applied research in the fisheries and aquaculture sector;
The National Surveillance Centre and Fisheries Police in charge of surveillance and protection of fisheries resources in the maritime zone under sovereignty and national jurisdiction as well as rivers and waterways in the Republic of Guinea;
The ONSPA (National Bureau for sanitary control of fisheries and aquaculture products) in charge of controlling the quality of fisheries and aquaculture products.
The Ministry has advisory bodies which include the National Advisory Council on Fisheries, Aquaculture and Maritime Economy, the National Transaction Committee relating to fishing vessels and the Disciplinary Council.