Implementing Regulations of The Agriculture Law

The Ministry shall undertake the following procedures to regulate and manage fishing ports: 1. Managing the port by organizing the entry and exit of marine vessels; it may refuse the entry or stay of marine vessels that endanger the safety of the port or impair its proper use; 2. Coordinating with the competent agencies to take the necessary measures in the event of any marine pollution inside the port; 3. Taking statistical data from fishermen pursuant to the statistical programs prepared for this purpose by way of specialists in counting living aquatic resources. All fishing workers shall cooperate and provide the required statistical data; 4. In the event that a marine vessel is abandoned or sunken inside the port, the Ministry shall instruct its owner or captain in writing or by announcing through appropriate media to recover and move said vessel outside the port within the period specified by the Ministry. Should the owner fail to respond, the Ministry shall take the necessary measures at his expense.