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Order No. 620 of the Ministry of Agriculture validating Fishing rules for the Western fishery basin.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Kaliningrad
Document type
Regulation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Fishery management and conservation Inland fisheries Marine fisheries EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Territorial sea Continental shelf Fishing authorization Marine fishes Freshwater fishes Fishing gear/fishing method Fishing vessel Bycatch Protection of species Fish products Non-commercial fishing Authorization/permit Maritime zone
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
Baltic Sea
Entry into force notes
This Order enters into force on 1 September 2021.
Abstract

Fishing rules for the Western fishery basin regulate the activities of the Russian legal entities, individual entrepreneurs and citizens, including in the internal sea waters of the Russian Federation, territorial sea of the Russian Federation, continental shelf of the Russian Federation, Exclusive Economic Zone of the Russian Federations within the Western fishery basin, with the exception of waterbodies or their parts located in protected areas of federal significance, within which fishing is prohibited by the legislation of the Russian Federation on protected natural areas of federal significance, as well as foreign legal entities and citizens engaged in fishing in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation and international treaties of the Russian Federation. Western fishery basin includes the Baltic Sea with basins of rivers flowing into it, Lake Ladoga with the basins of the rivers flowing into it and all waterbodies of fishery importance in Kaliningrad, Leningrad, Pskov, Novgorod regions and the federal city of St. Petersburg, with the exception of ponds and flooded quarries owned by the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, municipal and private property. Fishing rules shall be applicable to freshwater fishes and marine fishes, and establish: (a) types of authorized fishing; (b) standards and rates, including the norms for the output of fish products derived from processing of aquatic biological resources, caviar, as well as time periods of authorized fishing; (c) restrictions on fishing and other activities related to the management of aquatic biological resources, including: prohibition of fishing in certain areas and in relation to certain types of aquatic biological resources; closure of fisheries in certain areas and in relation to certain types of aquatic biological resources; minimum size and weight of harvested (caught) aquatic biological resources; types and number of authorized fishing gear and methods of extraction (catch) of aquatic biological resources; mesh size of tools for extraction (catch) of aquatic biological resources, size and the design of fishing gear; distribution of fishing areas (area, subarea, fishing zone, fishing subzone) between groups of vessels, differing in fishing gear; periods of harvesting (catch) of aquatic biological resources for groups of vessels, differing in types (power) and dimensions; the number and types (capacity) of vessels that can carry out industrial fishing and coastal fishing at the same time in one fishing area; the minimum volume of production (catch) of aquatic biological resources per vessel; time for vessels to go to sea for the implementation of industrial fisheries and coastal fisheries; authorized by-catch of some species in the course of harvesting (catch) of other aquatic biological resources; periods of fishing in waterbodies; (d) requirements for the conservation of aquatic biological resources, including obligations of users, list of documents required from users, requirements to users; and (e) daily rate of harvesting (catch) of aquatic biological resources (quantity, weight) allowed to a citizen for harvesting (catch) in the process of performance of recreational fishing. In order to preserve species listed in the Red Book of the Russian Federation and (or) the regional Red Books of the Russian Federation of rare and endangered species of aquatic biological resources, harvesting (catch) of such types of aquatic biological resources is prohibited. Fishing rules for the Western fishery basin establish prohibited fishing gear and prohibited fishing methods.

Full text
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