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Order No. 283 of the Federal Fisheries Agency validating the Regulation on fisheries in the Baikal fisheries basin.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
2009
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Inland fisheries Fishery management and conservation Artisanal fishing Non-commercial fishing Foreign fishing Allocation/quota Fishing gear/fishing method
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 regulates fisheries by Russian legal persons, natural persons, individual entrepreneurs, and also sparsely distributed indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East of the Russian Federation and communities thereof carrying out fisheries in the inland waters of the Russian Federation within the fishing area of the Baikal fisheries basin and also of foreign citizens carrying out artisanal and sport fishing in the delimited areas. The aforesaid Baikal fisheries basin includes the Baikal lake with rivers falling thereinto, the Angara river with its water reservoirs, and also other fishing waterbodies. This Order establishes: (a) authorized types of fisheries; (b) fishing periods and fishing quotas; (c) prohibited fishing area, fishing gear and fishing methods; and (d) fish conservation and protection requirements. Artisanal and sport fishing shall be allowed in the authorized fishing waterbodies in accordance with fisheries regulations free of charge.

Full text
Russian
Website
www.fishcom.ru

References - Legislation

Amended by

Order No. 846 of the Federal Fisheries Agency amending Order No. 283 of the Federal Fisheries Agency validating the Regulation on fisheries in the Baikal fisheries basin.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2009

Keyword: Inland fisheries, Fishing authorization, Allocation/quota, Fishery management and conservation, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 356 of the Federal Fisheries Agency amending Order No. 283 of the Federal Fisheries Agency validating the Regulation on fisheries in the Baikal fisheries basin.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2012

Keyword: Inland fisheries, Fishery management and conservation, Freshwater fishes, Diadromous fish, Aquatic animals

Source: FAO, FAOLEX