The Fisheries Policy falls within the draft National Agricultural Policy 2001-2010.
The policy aims to increase fish production and promote sustainable utilization of fishery resources in order to contribute to the economy through generation of employment, income, and improved availability of fish. The proposed policy encourages sustainable fisheries management, and stakeholder participation (especially the participation of local communities) in the capture fishery and aquaculture. In general terms the policy would therefore seem to support the objectives of a National Policy on Environment.