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Ministerial Decree No. 603 validating the Regulation on setting up protected fishery water areas.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
2008
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Continental shelf EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Fishery management and conservation Aquaculture Mariculture Maritime zone
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

This Ministerial Decree establishes that protected fishery water area shall be considered fishery waterbody or a part thereof with the adjacent territory to which special terms and conditions of economic and other activities shall be applied for the purpose of conservation of precious species of aquatic biological resources with a view of promoting fish farming (except for industrial fish farming) and fisheries. Protected fishery water areas may be established in the inland waters, continental shelf and EEZ of the Russian Federation. Protected fishery water areas shall not be established on the territory of state biosphere reserves, national parks and state nature reserves of the federal significance. The dimensions, boundaries and special terms and conditions of management shall be established with the consideration of value and stock composition of aquatic biological resources and by results of state monitoring of aquatic biological resources and scientific research. Federal Fisheries Agency shall establish criteria and modalities of the biological substantiation set for the establishment of protected fishery water areas.

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