This Law establishes the principles for the implementation of state policy and the legal basis for the activities of state authorities in the field of production and (or) use of aquaculture. It establishes a unified approach and procedure for regulating the entire process of use aquaculture to meet food, recreational, social and other human needs, taking into account the interests of present and future generations. Legislation in the field of production and (or) use of aquaculture is aimed at increasing the stocks of valuable commercial fish species and preserving the gene pool of rare and endangered species of aquatic organisms, as well as at ensuring a stable supply of fish products to the population as a result of growing and breeding fish, other aquatic animals and restoring the numbers of natural populations, and obtaining commercial products from them. Aquaculture objects are fishes, aquatic animals and plants, as well as their hybrids forms grown by natural and legal persons. The parties to relations in the field of production and (or) use of aquaculture are government bodies exercising management in this field, legal entities and individual entrepreneurs carrying out activities related to: (a) commercial fishfarming; (b) fishery reclamation of waterbodies; (c) artificial reproduction of aquatic biological resources; (d) acclimatization of aquaculture; (e) fishfarming for recreational purposes; and (f) conservation of rare and endangered fish species. Aquaculture is owned by the state, municipalities, or legal entities and natural persons. The growing and use of aquaculture objects may be limited, suspended or prohibited if the user fails to comply with the conditions and requirements established by the license for the implementation of fisheries activities. The following activities are subject to licensing: (a) reproduction of aquaculture in natural water bodies and reservoirs, including the removal of aquatic organisms for these purposes; (b) acclimatization of aquatic organisms in natural waterbodies of fishery importance and reservoirs, including their catch and transportation for this purpose; (c) cultivation of aquaculture in natural waterbodies for fisheries of great importance and reservoirs (sea and lake farms); and (d) other types of activities related to the production and (or) use of aquaculture, provided for by the national legislation of the CIS member state. The use of waterbodies of fishery importance in general and in their parts, including water intake, for the purposes of growing aquaculture species is carried out in accordance with the national legislation of the CIS member state. A waterbody of fishery importance or a part thereof, leased for the purposes of production and (or) use of aquaculture, is not subject to transfer to the ownership of the lessee.
2004-12-04