Ministry of Fishing and Aquaculture (Brazil)

The Ministry of Fishing and Aquaculture (Portuguese: Ministério da Pesca e Aquicultura, abbreviated MPA) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil. The ministry reported directly to the President of Brazil in formulating policies and guidelines for the development and promotion of fishing and aquaculture. It was established on January 1, 2003, as the Special Secretariat of Aquaculture and Fisheries (Secretaria Especial da Aquicultura e Pesca, SEAP). Its elevation to ministry level occurred on June 26, 2009, under Law No. 11,958.^[2]

Ministry of Fishing and Aquaculture

Portuguese: Ministério da Pesca e Aquicultura
Agency overview
Formed	1 January 2003; 22 years ago (2003-01-01)
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Federal government of Brazil
Headquarters	Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco D Brasília, Federal District
Annual budget	$275 m BRL (2023)[1]
Agency executives	André de Paula, Minister Carlos de Mello Junior, Executive-Secretary Tereza Viana Soares, Secretary of Aquaculture Cristiano Ramalho, Secretary of Artisanal Fishing Expedito Ferreira Netto, Secretary of Industrial, Amateur and Recreational Fishing Flávia Frédou, Secretary of Registry, Monitoring and Research of Fishing and Aquaculture
Website	www.gov.br/mpa/

List of ministers

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		President
1		José Fritsch (born 1954)	1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)	31 March 2006 (2006-03-31)	3 years, 89 days		PT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
2		Altemir Gregolin (born 1964)	31 March 2006 (2006-03-31)	1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)	4 years, 276 days		PT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
3		Ideli Salvatti (born 1952)	1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)	10 June 2011 (2011-06-10)	160 days		PT	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
4		Luiz Sérgio Nóbrega (born 1958)	10 June 2011 (2011-06-10)	2 March 2012 (2012-03-02)	266 days		PT	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
5		Marcelo Crivella (born 1957)	2 March 2012 (2012-03-02)	17 March 2014 (2014-03-17)	2 years, 15 days		Republicanos	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
6		Eduardo Lopes (born 1964)	17 March 2014 (2014-03-17)	1 January 2015 (2015-01-01)	290 days		Republicanos	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
7		Helder Barbalho (born 1979)	1 January 2015 (2015-01-01)	2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)	274 days		MDB	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
8		André de Paula (born 1961)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)	Incumbent	2 years, 226 days		PSD	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)

See also

• Other ministries of Fishing
• Ministry of Agrarian Development
• Ministry of Agriculture (Brazil)