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Ministerial Decree No. 90 of 1998 regarding Presidential Decree No. 950 of 29 August 1997 on measures for ensuring protection of marine biodiversity and state control in this sphere.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
1998
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official copy.
Subject
Fisheries, Sea, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Marine fisheries EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Territorial sea Continental shelf Allocation/quota Total allowable catch Fishery management and conservation Fishing authorization Authorization/permit Maritime zone Biodiversity Management/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
Entry into force notes
Entry into force from the date of signature.
Abstract

The Government decrees as follows: 1) The Ministry of Agriculture and Food is entitled to carry out state policy in the field of fisheries and fishing industry, to carry out exploration of fishing resources, establishes annually total allowable catch, to elaborate and to validate fishing regulations, to inform Federal Frontier Guards of them and to put into effect other regulations in the field of fisheries and fish farming. After the validation by the Russian Government of the quotas for catch of aquatic biodiversity fishing permits are issued to the Russian and foreign physical and juridical persons for the catch and harvest of marine fish, aquatic animals and aquatic plants for industrial, scientific, control and fish farming purposes. 2) The information regarding the issued fishing permits must be forwarded to authorized federal fisheries and environmental protection institutions. 3) Federal Frontier Guards must carry out state control over the strict observance of the Russian Legislation in the field of protection of marine biodiversity, over the observance by the holders of fishing permits of the conditions for catch and harvest of aquatic biodiversity and over the observance of International Agreements in the field of protection of aquatic biodiversity. 4) Protection of the population of anadromous fish generated in the rivers of the Russian Federation and outside its Exclusive Economic Zone must be carried out by Federal Frontier Guards within territorial sea, Exclusive Economic Zone and outside it and by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food in the rivers and freshwater basins.

Full text
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References - Legislation

Implements

Presidential Decree No. 950 of 1997 "On measures for ensuring protection of marine biodiversity and state control in this sphere".

Legislation | Russian Federation | 1997

Keyword: Marine fisheries, EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone, Territorial sea, Continental shelf, Fishery management and conservation, Maritime zone, Biodiversity, Management/conservation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX