Republic of the Congo

Oversight Body: The General Directorate on Fisheries and Aquaculture under the Ministry of Livestocks, Agriculture and Fisheries

Registry
Closed
ILO Conventions
- Ratified C188 and MLC in 2014
SOLAS
- Ratified SOLAS in 1980

Topics

Laws

Arrêté nº 921 du 31 mars 1994 fixant les conditions d'exercice de la pêche maritime industrielle
- Observers
Decree no. 2011-319 of 26 April 2011 regulating the modalities governing technical visits of fishing vessels in waters under Congolese jurisdiction
- Vessel Registration & License Management
Decree no. 2012-174 of 12 March 2012 (English translation of law here)
- Observers
Law No. 2-2000 on Marine Fisheries
- Fishing Offenses & Infractions
- Observers
- Transshipment
- Vessel Ownership & Legal Responsibility
- Vessel Registration & License Management
Merchant Navy Code
- Labor Rules, Offenses, & Infractions
- Vessel Registration & License Management

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