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Order No. 483 of the Ministry of Agriculture on establishing restrictions on Pacific salmon fishing in the Far Eastern fisheries basin in 2023.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
2023
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Fishery management and conservation Inland fisheries Marine fisheries Territorial sea Diadromous fish Fishing area Fishing gear/fishing method Indigenous peoples Use restrictions 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
Basin
Amur
Abstract

The Minister orders to close until December 31, 2023 commercial fishing for Pacific salmon: (a) in the internal sea waters of the Russian Federation and in the territorial sea of the Russian Federation adjacent to the territory of the Kamchatka Territory in the Sea of Okhotsk using fixed seines with the length of the central cable of the fixed seine measured from the point of its attachment to shore to the head buoy towards the sea, of more than 1500 meters and having more than two traps; (b) in the Gulf of Corfu using fixed seines with the length of the central cable of the fixed seine, measured from the point of its attachment on the shore to the head buoy towards the bay, of more than 1500 meters; (c) to close until December 31, 2023 industrial fishing for chum salmon in the Amur River: using floating nets more than 100 meters long using fixed seines of the “drive-in” type with a central wing length of more than 1000 meters downstream from the city of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur; (d) to close until December 31, 2023 chum salmon fishing in order to ensure the traditional way of life and carry out traditional economic activities of the indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation in the Amur River basin: using floating nets more than 100 meters long when carrying out fishing with the provision of fishing plot; using floating nets more than 75 meters long when fishing without providing a fishing area.

Full text
Russian
Website
publication.pravo.gov.ru