The estimate is that by the end of the year 10 institutions will have been accredited.
The courses offered, for the formation of new fishermen and retraining of professional anglers, now have extra content including fishermen safety, protection of the environment and training in fishing gear.
"With the redesign of the curriculum, the training course for professional fisherman (POP) rose from 30 to 218 classroom hours, in addition to being incorporated excellence to mold itself to the rules and procedures issued by STCWF-95," explains Captain Sea-of-War and Carlos Frederico Simoes-Serafim, Rapporteur of the Working Group.
