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4.10. El Salvador's agricultural policy (...) pays particular attention to aspects such as climate change (...)

4.11. (...) It[El Salvador] applies the Policy jointly with Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Belize. This policy focuses on the following strategic areas:(...)(ii) sustainable agriculture adapted to climate; (...)

4.18. El Salvador requires permits, authorizations and/or certificates for the import and export of various agricultural products for reasons of (...), and environmental protection or to fulfil international commitments (Tables 3.9 and 3.10).

4.20. El Salvador provides support to the agricultural sector through the MAG[The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock] (...). This support is structured around the following major themes: (...) revival and sustainable development of coffee growing; (...) exploitation and sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture; promotion of sustainable production and marketing of cocoa, (...) mitigation of and adaptation to climate change; (...)

4.21. With a total budget of USD 17 million, the MAG's[The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock] National Economic Transformation Programme - Rural Adelante seeks to sustainably increase the incomes of poor and vulnerable rural families in the eastern part of the country and to enhance their resilience to climate change. (...)

4.32. (...) El Salvador's fisheries sector has a very small share in domestic GDP (1% in 2021), but is important in terms of job creation, food security for coastal populations and marine resource management (...)

4.34. The fisheries sector is governed by the General Law on the Organization and Promotion of Fisheries and Aquaculture and its implementing regulations. The purpose of the Law is to regulate the organization and promotion of fishery and aquaculture activities, ensuring the conservation and sustainable development of hydrobiological resources. In 2017, the Law was amended to require a special fishing licence to allow nationals or foreigners who are authorized to fish to harvest highly migratory species using purse seine gear and to set relevant fishing fees. The National Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy 2015-30, the 2012 Environmental Strategy for Adaptation to and Mitigation of Climate Change in the Agricultural, Forestry and Aquaculture Sector, the National Environment Policy, the Strategic Aquaculture Plan 2015-25, and the Fisheries and Aquaculture Integration Policy 2015-25 of the Central America Fisheries and Aquaculture Organization (OSPESCA) round off the legal framework for the fisheries sector.

4.36. El Salvador has not ratified the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. In 2014, it joined the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). The country adopted the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, but is not a party to the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU fishing). It is also a member of the Central America Fisheries and Aquaculture Organization (OSPESCA), the Commission on Small-Scale, Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture for Latin America and the Caribbean (COPPESAALC), the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) and the Latin American Organization for Fisheries Development (OLDEPESCA).

4.37. El Salvador has a National Fisheries and Aquaculture Register, created under the General Law on Fisheries and Aquaculture, containing records of authorizations, licenses and renewals granted for fishery and aquaculture activities as well as information on skippers or captains, fishing vessels, shipyards and landing centres.

4.38. Authorization must be obtained from CENDEPESCA[a directorate general of the the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock] to carry out fishery or aquaculture activities in El Salvador. Issuance of such authorization will depend on the state and level of exploitation of the fishery resources in question (...)