Regional Law No. 20-RZ “On regulation of some issues of hunting and hunting management”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision North Ossetia - Alania Document type Legislation Date 2014 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Wild fauna Hunting/capture Hunting authorization/permit Game Birds Allocation/quota 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 Entry into force notes This Regional Law enters into force on the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law, in accordance with the federal law, determines game, including birds, authorized for commercial hunting, establishes the procedure for the distribution of hunting permits among natural persons performing hunting in generally accessible hunting areas. In addition to bird species classified as game at the national level, hooded crow (Corvus cornix (L.) shall be classified as game and authorized for hunting on the regional territory. The list of game subject to commercial hunting shall not be set. The distribution of hunting permits among natural persons performing hunting in generally accessible hunting grounds shall be carried out on the basis of quotas set for game, available hunting resources, and rates of permissible hunting. Applications for hunting permits, for which are set limits for hunting, shall be submitted for each wild fauna species (game) and for each hunting ground separately from August 1 to the day of the end of a certain hunting season. Hunting permits shall be distributed among natural persons in the order of receipt of the applications for hunting permits. Hunting permit is subject to return by the natural person to the authorized body within the period specified in this hunting permit. Full text Russian Website www.alania.gov.ru