DIRECTORATE: OPERATIONS

Mr. Hafeni Mungungu Director: Operations

Vacant Deputy Director: Technical Services

Mr. Beau Tjizoo Deputy Director: Monitoring, Control and Surveillance

MANDATE

The Directorate is mandated to protect the living aquatic resources and regulating fishing activities within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and public inland water bodies.

DIVISION: TECHNICAL SERVICES

We Will:

• Ensure that Ministry's patrol and research craft comply with national and International Maritime and Aviation legislations.


• Avail patrol craft to participate in oil pollution, search and rescue operations upon request by competent authority and in accordance with national and international obligations.


• Ensure that patrol, research craft, seafarers and air crew certificates are renewed timeously.


• Avail fisheries patrol and research craft to conduct sea surveillance and surveys in accordance with annual Plan.


• Provide technical advice on fisheries patrol and research craft at all times when required.


• Facilitate statutory training for seafarers and air crew; and


• Continuously manage and oversee the maintenance activities of fisheries patrol and research craft.

DIVISION: MONITORING, CONTROL AND SURVEILLANCE

We Will:

• Ensure compliance with fisheries legislations within EEZ, along the coast and inland water bodies.


• Deploy fisheries inspectors on board patrol craft to conduct sea and aerial surveillance.


• Ensure that sea patrol, inspections and catch control are conducted periodically in line with annual plan.


• Ensure that FAO Agreement on Port State Measures, and National Plan of Action against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (NPOF-IUU) are implemented and enforced.


• Monitoring and enforcement of fisheries legislations at all landing sites and fish factories.


• Ensure that coastal and rivers patrols are conducted.


• Provide Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) data of a specific fishing vessel to the right holder.


• Collect and provide accurate landing data on a monthly basis to the Directorate PPE.


• Issue recreational fishing permits within fifteen in accordance with fisheries legislations.


• Erect sign board, distribute pamphlets, and publish information through electronic and printed media to create awareness on fisheries legislations; and


• Ensure training of fisheries inspectors in fisheries management and fisheries legislations.

Below are regulations governing harvesting of marine resources: