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Order No. 219 of the Federal Fisheries Committee regarding implementation of the decisions of the 45th session of the permanent committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora of 3 March 1973 as regards sturgeon stocks.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
2001
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Inland fisheries Diadromous fish Bycatch Fishery management and conservation Aquatic animals
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 President of the Federal Fisheries Committee, in conformity the decisions of the 45th session of the permanent committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora of 3 March 1973 that took place in June 2001 in Paris and for the purpose of conservation of sturgeon stocks of the Caspian water basin, orders to prohibit beginning from 20 July 2001 bycatch of sturgeon species in the process of fisheries in the estuaries of the Volga river and other estuaries of the Caspian water basin. Bycatch of sturgeon species must be immediately released in their natural habitats.

Full text
Russian
Website
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