Order No. 746 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food validating the Regulation on scientific body of CITES related to sturgeon fish species. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Institution Diadromous fish Fish products Research Fishery management and conservation Trade in species 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 establishes that scientific body of CITES related to sturgeon fish species shall be responsible for scientific and methodological substantiation of the fulfillment of the obligation of the Russian Federation related to conservation and sustainable management of sturgeon fish species. Scientific body of CITES shall carry out the following tasks: (a) data collection, processing and storage related to sturgeon fish stocks in natural habitats and aquaculture; (b) evaluation of proposals and elaboration of recommendations related to the Russian national export quota of caviar; (c) cooperation with Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Ukraine in the sphere of sturgeon fish species; and (d) consultations. Full text Russian Website www.fishcom.ru