Ministerial Decree No. 625 concerning the calculation of damage caused to aquatic biological resources that must be considered heavy damage. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2008 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Inland fisheries Marine fisheries Allocation/quota Bycatch Aquatic plants Aquatic animals Offences/penalties Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Fishing authorization Fishery management and conservation Authorization/permit 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 stipulates that damage to an aquatic biological resource shall involve calculation of the difference between the licensed quota and the amount actually caught. Such amounts shall be calculated in tonnes of aquatic plants and fish and in numbers of aquatic animals. Unauthorized bycatch shall be calculated as the entire amount. This Ministerial Decree does not apply to protected or endangered species recorded in the Red Book of the Russian Federation. Full text Russian Website www.garant.ru