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Will catfish catching be allowed?

Комитет по вопросам АПК, промышленности, транспорту, строительству и природным ресурсам

12.12.2022

Regular meeting of the Committee on Agro-Industrial Complex, Industry, Transport, Construction and Natural Resources was held. The deputies discussed amendments and additions to the laws "On Fishing and Conservation of Aquatic Biological Resources" and "On the Road Fund of the PMR".

It is proposed at the initiative of the PMR Government to amend the Law of the PMR “On Fishing and Conservation of Aquatic Biological Resources”. They will affect the common (European) catfish fishing on the territory of the republic. The extraction of this type of fish has been banned in Pridnestrovie over the past 15 years. However, the population has increased markedly now and the possibility of resuming catching catfish during daylight hours is being considered on the recommendation of the Republican Research Institute of Ecology and Natural Resources. The Ministry of Agriculture proposes to limit the time and places where it will be allowed, as well as the amount of catfish. It is assumed that no more than one catfish per day will be allowed to be caught. In this case, the fish must be at least 70 cm in length. Smaller fish must be released back into the water. Catching catfish as well as other types of fish will be banned during the spawning ban. The established restrictions do not apply to fishing for research and control purposes. Permission to catch catfish will be paid and will be valid for three summer months.

The law-in-draft will be submitted for consideration in the first reading at one of the next plenary sessions.

Another law-in-draft that the deputies of the Committee are preparing for the second reading is “On the Road Fund of the PMR”. We are talking about eliminating redundant administrative procedures and simplifying the procedure for providing legal entities that do not use vehicles in the financial and economic activities of the organization.