Federal Law No. 250-FZ amending Federal Law No. 166-FZ on fisheries and conservation of aquatic biological resources and some other legislative acts.

This Federal Law gives new definition of fisheries, including commercial fisheries, coastal fisheries, aquaculture, commercial fish farming and catch. It classifies fisheries as follows: (a) industrial fisheries; (b) coastal fisheries; (c) fisheries for scientific research and control purposes; (d) fisheries for educational and cultural purposes; (e) fisheries for fish farming, stock enhancement and acclimatization purposes; (f) artisanal and sport fishing; and (g) traditional fisheries by sparsely distributed population of the North. A new article shall be inserted of the following wording: “Article 7.1. Manufacturing of fish products from aquatic biological resources. 1. Manufacturing of fish products from aquatic biological resources shall be authorized of fishing vessels carrying out industrial fisheries. 2. Use of catch obtained from coastal fisheries for the manufacturing of fish products shall be authorized on the territory of the coastal regions of the Russian Federation. 3. Use of catch specified in the item 1 of this Article, and also of catch obtained from commercial fish farming for the manufacturing of fish products shall be authorized on the territory of any region of the Russian Federation. 4. Manufacturing of fish products and other products from aquatic biological resources shall be carried out in accordance with technical requirements.” In the Federal Law of the Russian Federation on Wildlife (No. 52-FZ of 1995) in the Article 6 a new paragraph shall be inserted with the following wording “traditional fisheries by sparsely distributed population of the North, Siberia and Far East of the Russian Federation.”