Order No. 167 of the Federal Fisheries Committee validating the Regulation on assigning hull numbers to and registering fishing vessels. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1996 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Fishing vessel Registration Harbour 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 Order establishes the modalities for assigning hull numbers to and registering state-owned fishing vessels by regional authorities, municipal units, Russian nationals and legal persons registered on the territory of the Russian Federation. It shall be compulsory for all fishing vessels subject to registration in the State register of vessels or in the vessel register of one of the Russian fishing seaports. The State register of vessels shall contain the name and (or) hull number of fishing vessels, which shall be attributed by the harbour master of the relevant fishing seaport in accordance with Federal Fisheries Committee orders. Full text Russian Website www.kodeks.ru