Fisheries Committee strengthens control
The Russian Fisheries Committee has appointed a working group to monitor that the new Russian law on delivery of fish is being followed. Head of the committee, Andrey Krayny, will arrive Murmansk next week to discuss implementation of the new order.
The Russian Fisheries Committee has appointed a working group to monitor that the new Russian law on delivery of fish is being followed. As BarentsObserver earlier reported, the law, which came into effect on January 1, demands that all fish caught in Russian Economic Zone shall be delivered in Russian ports. The working group will also be controlling that customs formalities of fishing vessels don’t exceed three hours, news web site B-port reports.
According to the Russian Fisheries Committee, so far there have not been any problems with implementation of the new law. In fact, in course of the ten first days of 2009, delivery of fish to Russian ports amounted to 45 000 tons – 5000 tons more than in the same period in 2008.
- This new order will bring Russian fish back to Russian ports and be a major incentive in development of land-based infrastructure and new jobs, Fisheries Committee spokesperson Aleksandr Savelyov says.
As the Russian web site Fishres reports, head of the Russian Fisheries Committee, Andrey Krayny, will arrive Murmansk on January 19. There he will discuss the land-based infrastructure’s level of readiness and custom formalities procedures.
The Fisheries Committee is trying to obtain the right to withdraw quotas from companies attempting to avoid delivery to Russia.
According to estimates from the Fisheries Committee, delivery to Russia will increase by 200-300 000 tons of fish that earlier would be delivered to other countries.
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