At any time you wish to change your fishing or seaweed harvesting license, change your support vessel or captaincy due to a change of address.
Available license opportunities for professional Marine Animal Gatherer and Algae Harvesting here.
Find out which Captaincy corresponds to your Municipality by consulting on here.
Marine animals gatherer and algae harvesters.
The application is submitted online through the Electronic Sea Desk (BMar):
- Open www.bmar.pt, please register and log in;
- Press the New Request button, choose the following category "Professional Fishing" and Request type "ANI - Licence change for marine animals gatherer and algae harvesters";
- Fill in the required data.
- Check your request summary and submit the application.
Note: the order is only analyzed after payment, but the amount paid is not refundable in case of rejection.
DGRM provides its customers with support material in the use of BMar:
Please find your User Manual – BMar authentication
Download (2.9 MB)
For further help, please contact us:
- E-mail: ajuda@bmar.pt
- Phone: +351 213 035 805, office days from 10 a.m. to 12a.m. and again from 2p.m. until 4p.m. (UTC +0)
Harvesting marine animals
- Declaration of tax residence issued by the tax authority
- Updated proof of registration with the Tax and Customs Authority (AT) to carry out fishing activities
Seaweed harvesting and algae harvesting in professional diving
- Updated proof of registration with AT in activity 03112 - Harvesting algae and other sea products
- If you collect algae while diving, include a certification document issued by the competent authorities certifying your suitability for professional diving.
Alteração de Capitania
- Comprovativo atualizado da residência fiscal emitido pela AT
Add support vessel
- Title of Ownership of the Vessel
- Declaration from the Owner of the support vessel, if the catcher is not the owner
Authorization for 1st sale outside auction
- Updated proof of registration with the Tax and Customs Authority (AT) to carry out fishing activities (group 031 CAE);
- Updated proof of registration with the Social Security to carry out fishing activities.
If representative:
- Statement or power of attorney from the holder (a mandatory document to initiate the process).
If representative of an entity:
- Statement legal representative of an entity (a mandatory document to initiate the process).
1 initial algae registration fee + 1 initial license (€25.83 + €9.98 = €35.81)
Decree-Law nº. 73/2020, of 23 September
Ordinance nº. 1228/2010, of 6 December