Cabinet Regulation No. 188 of 2001 on Procedures for Determination and Compensation of Losses Caused to Fish Resources as a Result of Economic Activity

These Regulations prescribe the procedures by which losses caused to fish resources as a result of economic activity shall be determined and compensated. These Regulations shall apply to such economic activity during the performance of which a loss to fish resources is caused, including construction and exploitation of hydro-technical structures, deepening of bodies of water (rivers, lakes, water reservoirs), ports, fairways and channels, blasting work in waters, taking and unloading of ground, adjusting of bodies of water, as well as emergencies or accidents caused by economic activity, which influence fish resources. These Regulations do not apply to fishery that is regulated by the relevant regulatory enactments. These Regulations apply to the inland and territorial waters of the Republic of Latvia, as well as to the economic zone waters. Loss caused to fish resources shall be compensated by legal and natural persons due to whose direct or indirect, legal or illegal activity the loss has been caused. Loss caused to fish resources shall include both direct loss of fish resources and indirect losses caused due to loss of fish food objects, the natural spawning grounds and habitats of fish, including losses caused by a reduction in the fisheries productivity of bodies of water.