Governor’s Decree No. 100 on allotment and re-distribution of marine fishing areas. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Primorie Document type Regulation Date 1998 (1998) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Marine fisheries Fishing area Mariculture Allocation/quota Total allowable catch 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 Marine fishing area shall be considered defined marine area delimited by coastline, by lines conditionally drawn between extreme points of the shore perpendicularly thereto, and the external marine boundary to 20 metre isobath. Fisheries within marine fishing area shall include catch within the established quotas, stock enhancement and mariculture. Preferential rights for the allotment of marine fishing areas shall be granted to the indigenous scanty population, fishing organizations carrying out industrial fisheries and fish farming for more than five years, and legal persons and individual entrepreneurs carrying out stock enhancement arrangements. Quotas shall be allocated on the basis of annually established total allowable catch. Fishing permits shall be issued annually. Application for the allotment of marine fishing areas must contain the following data: (a) copy of fishing licence; (b) copy of the statute of the enterprise and registration certificate; (c) tax inspection certificate; and (d) fisheries plan for the declared period. The grounds for the revocation of the marine fishing area shall be: (a) violation of the environmental requirements; (b) breach of contractual terms; (c) depletion of fish stocks and poaching; (d) transfer of marine fishing area to other users; (e) revocation of the fishing licence; (f) closing down of enterprise; and (g) disuse of marine fishing area for the period of three years. Full text Russian Website www.dalryba.ru