Ifølge artikel 7 er FPAP stiftet af Coopération Maritime, indkøbs- og udviklingscentret CECOMER, der er et andelsselskab for detailhandlere og har som hovedfunktion at være indkøbscentral for maritime kooperativer, der leverer materiel og udstyr til fiskerivirksomheder, Centre de gestion de la pêche artisanale og to repræsentanter for fiskeriet.
Under Article 7, the founding members are the Coopération Maritime, the central contracting and development agency Cecomer, the retail traders’ cooperative society, which is in fact the central contracting agency of the maritime cooperatives whose function is, in particular, to supply equipment and operating material for fisheries undertakings, the Small-Scale Fishery Management Centre, and two persons active in the fishing industry.