General Law On Fisheries and Aquaculture

Main Aspects of the General Law on Fisheries and Aquaculture (N°18.892)

Title I: General Provisions
Title II: Management of Fisheries
           Paragraph 1°: Powers for the conservation of hydrobiological resources
           Paragraph 1º bis: Discard of hydrobiological species
           Paragraph 2°: Implementation of treaties and procedure for adopting international conservation and management measures regarding fisheries
           Paragraph 3º: Management plans
´          Paragraph 4º: Import of hydrobiological species
           Paragraph 5°: regarding the protection, rescue, rehabilitation, reintegration, watching and monitoring of marine mammals, reptiles and seabirds.
           Paragraph 6°: Animal welfare
Title III: Access to the industrial extractive fishing activity
           Paragraph 1º: General regime of access
           Paragraph 2º: Regime of full exploitation
           Paragraph 3º: Regime of Fisheries in recovery and incipient development stage
           Paragraph 4º: Common regulation
Title IV: Small-scale fisheries
           Paragraph 1º: Regime of access and powers for the conservation of     hydrobiological resources
           Paragraph 2º: National Registry for Artisanal Fishermen
           Paragraph 3°: Regime of Management and Exploitation Areas for Benthic     Resources
           Paragraph 4°: Artisanal regime of extraction
           Paragraph 5°: Fund for the Promotion of Artisanal Fishing
Title V: Common provisions
Title VI: Aquaculture
           Paragraph 1°: Aquaculture concessions and authorizations
           Paragraph 2°: Procedure
           Paragraph 3°: National Aquaculture Commission
Title VII: Research
           Paragraph 1°: Research for Fisheries Management
           Paragraph 2°: Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Fund
           Paragraph 3°: Research fishing
Title VIII: Scientific observers
Title IX: Infringements, sanctions, and procedures
    Paragraph 1°: Infringements and sanctions
    Paragraph 2°: Procedure
    Paragraph 3°: Responsibilities of captains and masters of fishing vessels
    Paragraph 4°: Sanctions against nationals conducting or participating in illegal     fishing in Antarctic waters with foreign-    flagged vessels.
Title X: Special offenses and penalties
Title XI: Expiry
Title XII: Fisheries Councils
    Paragraph 1: National Fisheries Council
    Paragraph 2°: Regional Fisheries Councils
    Paragraph 3°: Scientific Technical Committees
    Paragraph 4°: Fisheries Research Institute
Title XIII: Other Provisions