Order No. 56 of the Ministry of Agriculture regarding fisheries for the purpose of ensuring traditional rights and community management of the indigenous scanty population of the North, Siberia and Far East of the Russian Federation.

The Minister establishes that traditional fisheries shall be carried out in the internal sea, territorial sea, continental shelf and EEZ of the Russian Federation by the indigenous scanty population recorded in the Register of the indigenous scanty populations. Fishing areas to the indigenous scanty population shall be allotted in accordance with the contract without tenders. Traditional fisheries shall be carried out within the established quotas with the use traditional fishing methods on condition that they shall not reduce fish stocks, shall not destroy natural habitats and shall not be dangerous to human beings.