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Amendments To The Fisheries Act

Original Language Title: Grozījumi Zvejniecības likumā

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The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the law on fisheries to make the fishery Act (Republic of Latvia Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1995, no. 11; 1997, no. 22; 1998, no. 23) follows: 1. Article 2 shall be supplemented with the second part as follows: "(2) the acquisition of resources in international waters, which the Republic of Latvia is divided into quotas, or other countries ' waters, with which Latvia has concluded fisheries agreements subject to the relevant international treaties of the Republic of Latvia. "
2. To make article 6 the second subparagraph by the following: "(2) the fishing rights of the Republic of Latvia's economic zone waters, as well as in international waters and the waters of other countries, which according to the decision of international fishery organizations or in accordance with the international treaties of the Republic of Latvia is divided into quotas, quota volumes allocated belongs to the Republic of Latvia."
3. turn off the first part of article 8, paragraph 4, the words "or national ecological expertise".
4. Supplement article 9, first paragraph, second sentence, after the words "private waters" with the words "throughout the area".
5. Add to article 11 the first paragraph after the words "licensed commercial fishing" with the words "and the rules for the use of private fishing rights in waters".
6. Supplement article 12 first paragraph, after the words "carried out on the basis of" with the words "fisheries management consistent".
7. Article 13 be expressed as follows: "article 13. Fishing, fishing rights and fishing rights lease terms of use and the control of movements of fish caught by the rules (1) the Cabinet of Ministers issued the following regulations for fisheries and fish caught (unloading, transport, trade, storage and production) the control provisions: 1) rules on industrial fishing in the territorial waters and economic zone waters.
2) rules on industrial fishing in inland waters;
3) fishing;
4) rules on landings of fish caught;
5) provisions on fish trade and transport objects, warehouse and production space.
(2) the Cabinet of Ministers issued the following rules on fishing rights and fishing rights lease: 1) provisions on water and commercial fishing rights leases and fishing rights;
2) rules on the use of private fishing rights in the waters;
3) rules for licensed commercial fishing;
4) rules on recreational fishing, licensed fishing. "
8. in article 14: put the name of the article as follows: "article 14. Obligation to provide information on activities related to fishing ";
to supplement the article with the second part as follows: "(2) the information on fishing, fishing violations, the landing of fish, fish prices, the list of fishing vessels and fishermen and fish buyer registration is collected fisheries management of the computerised information system. The management of the marine environment, regional environment management and the Ministry of transport of the Latvian maritime administration vessel register provide necessary information system database. "
9. Supplement article 15, first subparagraph, after the words "permissible catch levels" with the words "fishing vessels".
10. Express article 21, second paragraph as follows: "(2) the reproduction of fish resources of specialized fish farms on the basis of the Cabinet of Ministers approved the reproduction of fish resources in the national program or, if fisheries resources enhancement provides water and fishing rights, tenant and owner of private waters-water fisheries in accordance with the operating rules and on the basis of a separate agreement."
11. Supplement article 22 with the third subparagraph by the following: "(3) the Minister of Agriculture shall issue instructions on the reproduction of fish resources necessary documentation (fish resources restocking measures grounds, juveniles accounting and admission Act design)."
12. Supplement article 25, first subparagraph, after the words "economic zone waters" with the words "as well as in international waters and the waters of other countries, the Republic of Latvia which owns fishing rights".
13. in article 26: turn in the third paragraph, the words "national ecological and";
to supplement the article with the fourth and fifth by the following: "(4) fish resources contrary to compensate owners of hydroelectric power and other economic actors in the implementation of fisheries inspection measures: skipping juveniles or by paying the juvenile rearing artificially propagated, or by paying compensation for fish resources for loss suffered.
(5) the rules on economic result of fish resources and damage compensation procedures issued by the Cabinet of Ministers. "
14. Replace paragraph 3 of article 28, the words "finance charge" with the word "fine".
The Parliament adopted the law on 17 February 2000.
State v. President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga in Riga on March 3, 2000 in