Polish Ministry of Marine (or Maritime) Economy (Polish: Ministerstwo Gospodarki Morskiej) was created on 5 May 2006 during the reshuffling of the government of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz. Ministry take an authority over some matters, previously administrated by Ministries of Agriculture, Economy and Transportation. Ministry of Marine Economy had an authority over: Creation of the ministry was criticized as being politically motivated in Polityka. because there is no need to creation separate ministry.