Executive Agency for Fisheries and Aquaculture

The Executive Agency for Fisheries and Aquaculture carries out the activities related to the state and operational management of the "Fisheries" sector within the framework of the Common Fisheries Policy of the European Union (EU), state supervision, control over fishing activities in fish farming waters, and is designated as the Manager authority in respect of funds from the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) of the EU;
The Executive Agency for Fisheries and Aquaculture (IARA) is a legal entity of budgetary support - a secondary authority with a budget to the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, with headquarters in Burgas, with four departments;
The Agency carries out the activities related to the implementation of the policy in the field of fisheries within the framework of the General Policy in the field of fisheries, state supervision, control over fishing activities in fishery waters and sites, and also carries out other activities assigned to it by law or by an act of The Council of Ministers;
The number of personnel in the organizational structures and administrative units of the agency - 226 full-time employees.