Governor’s Decree No. 97-u “On authorized types of hunting and hunting requirements, except for hunting in protected areas of federal significance”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Altai Document type Regulation Date 2015 (2018) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Wild fauna Hunting/capture Hunting gear/hunting methods Game Birds Indigenous peoples Traditional rights/customary rights Ranching/captive breeding Stock enhancement/repopulation Research Education 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 Governor decrees to authorize the following types of hunting: (a) commercial hunting; (b) artisanal and sport hunting; (c) hunting for scientific research and educational purposes; (d) hunting for the regulation of the number of game; (e) hunting for acclimatization, repopulation and hybridization of game; (f) hunting for the purpose of captive or semi-captive breeding or keeping wild fauna species in artificial environment; and (g) hunting in order to ensure the maintenance of traditional management and the implementation of traditional economic activities of indigenous peoples of the North of the Russian Federation and the hunting carried out by persons who do not belong to indigenous peoples, but permanently reside in the places of their traditional residence and traditional economic activities, and for which hunting is subsistence activity. The Decree establishes authorized hunting periods for upland fowl, water fowl and brown bear. Full text Russian Website altaj.regnews.org