I. Legislation

 

1. Direct legislation

• Registration of Shipping Act, 1965 (Act No. 26). 

• The Cargo (Clearing and Forwarding) Act, 1974     [No. 5 of 1974]

• The Exploration, Mining and Processing of Mineral Oil (Amendment No. 2) Agreement (1986) (Ratification) Act, 1986     [No. 8 of 1986]

• Fisheries (Operation of Foreign Motor Fishing Vessels) Regulations, 1985 (P.N. No. 1 of 1986). 

• Fisheries Regulations, 1990 (Public Notice No. 15 of 1990). 

• 1988: The Fisheries Management and Development Act (FMDA)

• 1994: the fisheries management and development act (FMDA)

• 1995: The Fisheries Regulations 

• The Maritime Zones (Establishment) Decree, 1996 [NPRC Decree No. 11]

• The Sierra Leone Maritime Administration Act, 2000     [No. 11 of 2000]

• The Environment Protection Act, 2000     [No. 2 of 2000]

• The Merchant Shipping Act, 2003    [No. 3 of 2003]

• The Sierra Leone Maritime Administration (Amendment) Act, 2007  [No. 14 of 2007]

• Fisheries (Management and Development) (Amendment) Act, 2007 (No. 10 of 2007). 

• The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2008 [No. 5 of 2008]

• The Environment Agency Protection Act, 2008 [No. 11 of 2008]

• The Mines and Minerals Act, 2009

• The National Protected Area Authority and Conservation Trust Fund Act, 2012 [No. 11 of 2012]

 

2. Agreements

• Cameroon; Cabo Verde; Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Mauritania; Morocco; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Congo, Dem. Rep. of: Accord, fait à Abidjan le 13 décembre 1991, portant création de l'Organisation intergouvernementale d'information et de coopération pour la commercialisation des produits de la pêche en Afrique (Infopêche). 

• European Union; Sierra Leone: Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Sierra Leone on fishing off Sierra Leone. 

• European Union; Sierra Leone: Protocol on the fishing rights and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Sierra Leone on fishing off Sierra Leone. 

 

II. Policy

• The Fisheries Policy of 2003.

• Biodiversity strategic action plan

• Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources . 2003 . Fisheries Policy Document, 2003. Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Government of Sierra Leone.

• Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources . 2004 . Agricultural sector review and agricultural development strategy (2004) : Vol. 111, Fisheries.

• Government of Sierra Leone . 2004 . Sierra Leone Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). 4.

• Sierra Leone Institutional Support to Fisheries Management 9th EDF ACP SL 019/1 June 2009

• ACP-FISHII