About Us

Puntland State of Somalia is a member state of the Federal Republic of Somalia. The State covers approximately 212,510 Km2 (about one third of Somalia) with 1,650 Km coastline extending from 1,650 from gulf of Aden Laas’surad west of Lasqoray to Gara’ad Indian Ocean of Somalia.
The Ministry was established in 1998 with the mandate of development, conservation and protection of fisheries and marine resources. It is the State’s institution charged with the sector policy formulation, implementation, supervising cooperatives structure and delivery of services to the citizens, monitoring and evaluation, quality control and safety. It is also mandated to establish an enabling environment that will encourage, facilitate and promote fishery, value-addition, and fishery business opportunities.