Presidential Decree No. 580 on hunting and fishing.

The hunting Regulations consist of 21 sections dealing with: (a) general provisions (sect. 1); (b) hunting reserves and protection thereof (sect. 2); (c) hunting management (sect. 3); (d) origin and termination of hunting rights (sect. 4); (e) terms and conditions for carrying out hunting auctions (sect. 5); (f) rights and duties of hunters (sect. 6); (g) protection of hunting reserves granted on lease and game therein (sect. 7); (h) registration of game and number of removed game (sect. 8); (i) rate setting for the removal of game from their natural habitats (sect. 9); (j) measures to prevent damage or destruction caused by game to agricultural crops or forest species (sect. 10); ( k) hunting in hunting reserves granted on lease (sect. 11); (l) selling of hunting authorizations and once-only permits (sect. 12); (m) organization of hunting for foreign citizens (sect. 13); (n) hunting rights (sect. 14); (o) the modalities of hunting (sect. 15); (p) trophies (sect. 16); (q) hunting of harmful animals (sect. 17); (r) hunting of bison (sect. 18); (s) safety requirements for hunting (sect. 19); (t) hunting inspection (sect. 20); (u) liability and compensation for damages caused by hunting (sect. 21). Hunting licencees of hunting reserves must annually plan and carry out biotechnical arrangements aimed at the reproduction and protection of game. Hunting authorization can be issued for a single day or for the whole season. They shall be granted to the Belarusian nationals, foreigners and stateless persons of eighteen years of age residing on the national territory, in possession of a hunting certificate. Hunting shall be carried out exclusively by methods specified in the hunting authorization. Hunting can be carried out with or without firearms. Hunting trophies shall be the property of hunters. Hunting of harmful animals shall be authorized only if so specified in the hunting authorization. Infringers of hunting rules and regulations shall be liable in conformity with administrative, civil and penal legislation. The fishing Regulations consist of 15 sections dealing with the following matters: (a) general provisions (sect. 1); (b) lease of fishing waterbodies and fishing rights (sect. 2); (c) tenders for the concession of fishing waterbodies on lease (sect. 3); (d) biological, economic and piscicultural substantiation of fishing quotas (sect. 4); (e) industrial fisheries (sect. 5); (f) fishing safety requirements (sect. 6); (g) organization of artisanal fishing (sect. 7); (h) registration of catch by lessees of fishing waterbodies (sect. 8); (i) rights and duties of lessees (sect. 9); (j) protection of fishing waterbodies granted on lease (sect. 10); (k) protection and utilization of reserve fishing waterbodies (sect. 11); (l) artisanal and sport fishing (sect. 12); (m) restrictions of industrial fisheries and artisanal fishing (sect. 13); (n) state supervision of fisheries (sect. 14); (o) liability and compensation (sect. 15). The present Regulation regards inland fisheries and shall be applicable on the whole of the national territory. All the fishing areas shall be classified as waterbodies (lakes and water reservoirs) and waterways (rivers and channels). In particular, they shall be classified as fishing waterbodies granted on lease for fisheries and fishing waterbodies not granted on lease forming the reserve fishing waterbodies. Industrial fisheries shall be carried out in compliance with the existing rules relating to fishing authorizations and licences. Industrial fisheries and artisanal fishing shall be carried out in conformity with piscicultural and biological substantiation specifying: (1) type of fisheries – industrial fisheries and/or artisanal fishing; (2) fishing area; (3) mapping of wintering fishing waterbodies; (4) fish species; (5) fish stocks and the amount of total allowable catch; (6) stock enhancement; (7) fishing quotas, fishing gear and fishing methods. Industrial fisheries regard all fish species that that can be carried out with fishnets, sweep-nets, traps and kiddles. Fishing gear used for industrial fisheries shall be officially registered and marked. All fish, except for eel, shall be authorized for artisanal fishing and the total allowable catch for artisanal fishing shall be of five kilograms per person, thirty pieces of crayfish and a kilogram of freshwater shrimps daily. In case of illegal seizure or destruction of: (a) wild animals, their parts and (or) derivatives, covered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, signed in Washington on March 3, 1973, damage shall be compensated on the basis of the rates in accordance with the Annex, calculated in double the amount for each seized or destroyed wild animal; (b) wild animals belonging to species included in the Red Book of endangered species of the Republic of Belarus, damage shall be compensated on the basis of the rates in accordance with the Annex, calculated in triple the amount for each seized or destroyed wild animal; and (c) wild animals belonging to species included in the Red Book of endangered species of the Republic of Belarus and being CITES specimens, damage shall be compensated on the basis of the rates in accordance with the Annex, calculated in triple the amount for each seized or destroyed wild animal.