Monitoring
tuna fishery is the main goal of the Program but the
POPA team is prepared to supervise any other fishery
occurring in the Azores or even outside the regional
EEZ. In 1999, the Regional Secretary has implemented
a regional law (portaria regional 31/99) which recognizes
POPA as a Program with full capacity for
monitoring any kind of fishery.
The POPA Program has already worked with
several fisheries such as:
black scabbard fishery with drift bottom long
line,
experimental king crab fishery with bottom traps
and pole and line
fishery for tuna in Angola.
Monitoring
tuna fishery is the main goal of the Program but the
POPA team is prepared to supervise any other fishery
occurring in the Azores or even outside the regional
EEZ. In 1999, the Regional Secretary has implemented
a regional law (portaria regional 31/99) which recognizes
POPA as a Program with full capacity for
monitoring any kind of fishery.