Order No. 486 of the Ministry of Agriculture validating Fisheries Regulation for the Western basin. Pays/Territoire Fédération de Russie Type du document Règlement Date 2006 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Pêche Mot clé Pêche continentale Pêche maritime Gestion des zones côtières Pêche artisanale Pêche non-commerciale Engins de pêche/méthodes de pêche Prises accessoires Recherche Pêche étrangère Gestion et conservation des pêches Aire géographique Arctique, Asie et Pacifique, Mer Noire, Mer Caspienne, CEI (Communauté des États indépendants), Europe de l'Est, Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Pacifique Nord, Pacifique Nord Occidental Résumé This Order regulates fisheries by the Russian legal persons and individual entrepreneurs in the inland waters, including internal sea, territorial sea, EEZ and on the continental shelf of the Russian Federation, and by the foreign legal and natural persons carrying out fisheries in accordance with the Russian legislation and the international agreements. It shall not be applicable to the fisheries in ponds and watered grounds of private ownership. The Western basin includes the Baltic Sea, the Ladoga lake and all fishing waterbodies of the Kaliningrad, Leningrad, Novgorod and St.Petersburg regions. It regulates industrial fisheries, including coastal fisheries, fisheries for the purpose of scientific research, educational purpose, stock enhancement and acclimatization, and artisanal and sport fishing. The Fisheries Regulation establishes: (a) the rights of the managers of fish stocks; (b) the list of documents authorizing fisheries; (c) prohibited fishing areas; (d) fishing gear and fishing methods; (e) minimum mesh size, dimensions and rigging of fishing gear; (f) allowable bycatch of fry; and (g) allowable bycatch of one species in the process of catch of the other species. Texte intégral Russe Site web www.ursn.spb.ru