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Decree No. 940 of the Council of Ministers validating the arrangements for strengthening the protection of fish stocks in the national water bodies.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
1969
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Inland fisheries Offences/penalties Fish products Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Inspection Stock enhancement/repopulation Fishery management and conservation
Geographical area
Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Abstract

The President of the Council of Ministers decrees to prohibit everywhere trade by private persons of precious marketable fishes and to envisage compensation of damages caused by fraudulent catch and annihilation of caviar and other fish products thereof in conformity with charges currently in force. Fishing inspection shall be granted the right to inflict penalties upon state enterprises, organizations and institutions, collective enterprises and social associations with the collection of charges to the benefit of the state for the compensation of damages caused to fisheries by violation of the regulations on fisheries and protection of fish stocks. The aforesaid charges shall be used for the arrangements aimed at stock enhancement and repopulation of the fish stocks.

Full text
Russian
Website
www.dalryba.vladivostok.ru