Order No. 391 of the Federal Fisheries Agency validating the Regulation on the commission for regulating catches of anadromous fish. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2008 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Diadromous fish Allocation/quota Fishing area Contract/agreement Fishery management and conservation Marine fisheries 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 This Order outlines the operating procedures of the commissions that regulate catches of anadromous fish under fishing area allocation contracts. Such commissions shall be established at the regional level, and shall make decisions in accordance with the conclusions of scientific fisheries research organizations and basin fisheries institutions. Each commission shall carry out the following functions: (a) set quotas, terms, locations and other conditions for catches of anadromous fish; and (b) allocate anadromous fish and their natural habitats to legal persons and individual entrepreneurs that have concluded contracts for the allocation of fishing areas. Full text Russian Website www.fishnews.ru