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Order No. 27 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food validating the Regulation on Baikal basin management institution for protection, stock enhancement and fishery management (BAIKALRYBVOD).

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
1998
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Inland fisheries Institution Fishery management and conservation Stock enhancement/repopulation
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
Basin
Baikal Lake
Abstract

This Order establishes that Baikal basin management institution for protection, stock enhancement and fishery management (BAIKALRYBVOD) shall be territorial (basin) branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food responsible for fishery management and protection of aquatic biological resources (freshwater fishes, aquatic animals and aquatic plants). BAIKALRYBVOD shall carry out the following tasks: (a) realization of state policy in the sphere of rational management, protection, conservation and reproduction of aquatic biological resources; (b) protection of habitats of biological diversity; (c) enforcement of legislation related to aquatic biological resources; (d) regulation of industrial, sport and artisanal fisheries; and (e) licensing of industrial fisheries and fishfarming.

Full text
Russian
Website
russia.bestpravo.ru