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Framework

 

The Directorate-General for Natural Resources, Safety and Maritime Services has competence in matters of management in non-maritime inland waters under the jurisdiction of the Captaincy under the terms of the General Regulation of the Captaincy.

The regulated areas are transition zones where the influence of the tides is still felt where the main fisheries, carried out with small vessels, are directed to migratory species (such as shad, lamprey or eel) or to clearly marine species that use the estuaries. seasonally, finding shelter or food there at a particular stage of its life cycle (such as plaice or cuttlefish).

The main gear used are drift trammel nets (for migrants), bottom trammel nets (for flatfish), eels, or other traps.

Fishing is regulated by a set of ordinances, published in 1990, which remains in force, with the exception of the rules on minimum landing sizes, which were revoked by Ordinance No. 27/2001, of 15 January, and later changes, which made them uniform at national and community level (see minimum sizes here).

These rules include, for certain species, specifically shad and lamprey, allowed fishing seasons always in the first months of the year and seasons of closure (see closures here).