Regional Law No. 4-oz “On fishing and conservation of aquatic biological resources”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Khanty-Mansi Document type Legislation Date 2007 (2020) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Fishery management and conservation Inland fisheries Non-commercial fishing Fishing area Indigenous peoples Traditional rights/customary rights 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 ten days after the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law, within the limits established by federal legislation, regulates relations arising in the field of fishing, rational use, protection of aquatic biological resources and conservation of their habitat on the regional territory. Aquatic biological resources on the regional territory, in accordance with federal laws, are in federal ownership, with the exception of aquatic biological resources living in ponds, flooded quarries, which pertain to the regional, municipal and private ownership. In accordance with federal legislation, aquatic biological resources living in ponds, flooded quarries, owned by the region, are the property of the region. The right to harvest (catch) aquatic biological resources arises on the grounds provided for by the Federal Law. The right to harvest (catch) aquatic biological resources shall be terminated in cases envisaged by federal laws. The fishing area is allocated for the implementation of industrial fishing, fishing for ensuring the maintenance of the traditional way of life and the implementation of traditional economic activities of the indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation, as well as for the organization of recreational fishing. The list of fishing areas allocated in inland waterbodies within the regional boundaries is approved by the regional executive body of state power, which performs the functions of implementing a unified policy and regulatory legal regulation in the field of the agro-industrial complex, in agreement with the federal executive body in the field of fisheries. On the regional territory the following types of fishing established by federal legislation may be carried out: (a) industrial fishing; (b) fishing for research and control purposes; (c) fishing for educational, cultural and educational purposes; (d) fishing for the purposes of aquaculture (fishfarming); (e) recreational fishing; and (f) fishing for ensuring the traditional way of life and traditional economic activities of the indigenous peoples of the North. Quotas for the extraction (catch) of aquatic biological resources for industrial fishing, fishing for the purpose of maintaining the traditional way of life and carrying out traditional economic activities of the indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation, as well as for organizing recreational fishing, are distributed by the authorized body in the manner established by the Government of the Russian Federation. Full text Russian Website onlineecology.com References - Legislation Repeals Regional Law No. 22-OZ of 2000 regarding use, management and protection of fishery resources. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2000 (2001) Keyword: Inland fisheries, Marine fisheries, Fishery management and conservation, Allocation/quota, Artisanal fishing, Biodiversity, Stock enhancement/repopulation, Total allowable catch, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX