The Republic of Latvia Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 479 in 2001 Riga, 13 November (pr. No 55, § 10) rules on industrial fishing in the territorial waters and economic zone waters issued under the Fisheries Act, in article 13, first paragraph, point 1 i. General questions 1. determines the order in which the Latvian natural and legal persons conducting industrial fishing in the territorial waters of the Republic of Latvia and the economic zone waters, but foreign legal persons, the Republic of Latvia on the Baltic Sea (excluding Gulf of Riga) economic zone waters.
2. Marine waters are waters of the sea side of the shoreline, but the river flows into the Baltic Sea (including the Gulf of Riga) the waters lying behind the line of the sea, which connects the River to the opposite shore of the sea below the stated points, but ports — located on opposite sides of the waterworks or other structures at the stated points further out to sea (marine waters), and these waters include the territorial waters and economic zone waters Latvia, which exercises its jurisdiction.
3. sea water depending on commercial fishing (fishing), fisheries and fish protection and fishery control features are broken down as follows: 3.1 the coast — Latvian territorial waters part located no farther than two nautical miles from the coast and at a depth of not more than 20 metres;
3.2. the Gulf of Riga — this provision referred to in paragraph 2, the waters of the Gulf of Riga, where sea side by a line, as determined in accordance with the law Of the Republic of Latvia and the Republic of Estonia, the agreement on the demarcation of the sea of the Gulf of Riga and irbe Strait in the Baltic Sea "and connects the Load of the southern part of the Cape (57 ° 57.4760 ' N; 21 ° 58.2789 ' E) with Oviš Lighthouse (57 ° 34.1234 ' N; 21 ° 42.9574 ' E) and the two countries ' maritime boundary line in the Gulf of Riga in accordance with the Treaty;
3.3. the sea-territorial Republic of Latvia (also the Gulf of Riga) the waters behind the coastal waters of zones and economic zone waters.
4. to make fishing and fish resource research, marine waters in accordance with the provisions of annex 1 and the numbering is divided into zones and subdivisions, fishing squares.
5. the Sea Fishing is allowed, if it is presented in the following documents: 5.1 legal persons have special permit (license) the fishery business, but individuals have registered in the protection of the environment and Ministry of regional development in the management of the marine environment (Marine administration);
5.2. natural and legal persons (hereinafter referred to as the fishermen) have entered into a lease agreement on fishing rights, they are definitly catch or fishing gear, the number limit (hereinafter referred to as the fishing limits) and the fishing permit (licence) issued by the Marine Department, but this provision under point 8 of these cases — the protection of the environment and regional development Ministry of environmental State Inspectorate (hereinafter the State Environment Inspectorate), except where the fishing takes place in accordance with the Cabinet of 7 august 2001 Regulation No. 359 of "licensed commercial fishing order. In this case, it is necessary to remove only the fishing licence and not to shut down fishing rights lease.
6. foreign legal persons may fish and handling fish in the Baltic Republic of Latvia (except for the Gulf of Riga) economic zone waters, on the basis of the arrangements set out in the relevant agreement, who signed the Protocol in accordance with the relevant international agreements, as well as subject to this provision.
7. fishing in sea waters are allowed: 7.1. in accordance with the fishing limits laid down each year by matching with the protection of the environment and regional development Ministry, taking into account the International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission allocated catch quotas for Latvia, as well as Latvia's Fisheries Research Institute recommendations, established the Ministry of agriculture in the national fisheries authority (hereinafter fisheries authority);
7.2. the fishing vessels of the list according to the fishing grounds and fishing at sea future species each year, approved by the fisheries administration.
8. the marine waters of scientific and other specific purposes (fish farming, acclimatization, kontrolzvej, melioratīv and other types of fishing), after coordination with the fisheries management and environmental State Inspectorate relevant fishing authorization (licenses) of the date of receipt of specialized research vessels or other vessels used in fishing and floating assets.
 
 
II. obligations of the fishermen, the fishermen's obligations: 9 9.1. fishing by vessels included in the lists approved by the fisheries administration, and not to exceed the limits of fishing;
9.2. to ensure shared catch and landing data records of fish by fish species by their weight (if necessary, — in number), coastal fisheries, by fishing gear type;
9.3. to register the data on fishing fishing magazines: 9.3.1. coastal fisheries — after returning to shore before the sale or transport of fish in accordance with the provisions of annex 2;
9.3.2. sea fishing — after each fishing operation (completion of hauls, network or longlines lifting) in accordance with the provisions of annex 3. Foreign legal persons fishing for registration data can also be used in the fishing logbook of their country;
9.4. in ascending order to collect data on catches by fish species in each fishing sub-area or coastal fishing grounds and in accordance with the provisions of annex 4 to submit relevant information in the management of the marine environment, no later than the month following the reporting month, the sixth date, but foreign legal persons — no later than the 20th of that month-to-date;
9.5. the fisheries management, environmental State Inspectorate or the management of the marine environment of the request to provide information, which describes the fishing waters of the sea, and messages related to ship and boat identification and characteristics;
9.6. highlight dreifējošo and floating anchorage fishing gear in accordance with the provisions of the 17 and 18;
9.7. the role of the lift shall immediately make the fish grading and if the by-catch exceeded the rules laid down in paragraph 24 the amount of by-catch, the quantity of fish to dismiss;
6.1. to prevent such fishing, fish processing and fish in the sea transport-related activities causing environmental pollution at sea, in ports and shore;
9.9. enable research institutions by the treaties, to take fish for biological analysis. Biological analysis and other scientific studies, the catches are not credited to the fishermen in the fishing limits, if not otherwise specified in the contract;
9.10. report of Latvia on the Fisheries Research Institute highlighted or rare fish and birds, as well as sea mammals (e.g., seals) catching;
9.11. in the light of the International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission for Latvia allocated catch quotas and fishermen fishing limits laid down by the fisheries administration under the acquisition of fishing vessels and the construction of new fishing vessels;
9.12. allow national inspection of the environment and marine environmental management officials to check all the rooms of the vessel, present the test fisheries, fish caught and treated, finished products, fishing gear and fishing-related documents and allow extracts from them, as well as to provide the necessary inspection;
9.13. install satelītraidītāj (hereinafter referred to as the transmitter) to the fishing vessels of overall length exceeding 24 m and carrying out fishing activities outside the territorial waters or in fishing for more than 24 hours, and ensure data transmission from the fishing vessel to the satellite monitoring of fishing vessels of the marine environment of the Centre (hereinafter referred to as the monitoring centre) in the following order: 9.13.1.24 hours writing to inform the monitoring centre the transmitter connection disconnection or disassembly,;
9.13.2. disconnection or disassembly of the transmitter to start only after written consent by the management of the marine environment;
9.13.3. at least once every two hours automatically broadcast to the monitoring center data on the position of the vessel (ship identification, specify the location of the geographical coordinates to the nearest 500 m, the broadcast date and time);
9.13.4. in addition to the automatic transmission to the monitoring Center 9.13.3. This provision referred to the data if the vessel enters the forbidden fishing zone or other waters;
9.13.5. fishing in the waters of other countries, while transmitting data to the monitoring center and the relevant coastal State fishing vessel satellite monitoring center;
9.13.6. If the transmitter is damaged, notify the monitoring center and a month to have it repair or replacement;
9.13.7. before the fishing authorization (licenses) to submit the receiving marine environment administration a copy of the contract for the transmission of data to the monitoring centre;
9.14. the damages caused to the fishery resources of these regulations, in accordance with the provisions laid down in annex 9 of the taxi and whatever other legislation and the penalties imposed;
9. environmental State inspection and marine environmental management officials to deliver the request to the point of sale or storage gear and floating means used in fishing, the absence of such provisions, as well as with those tools fish caught.

10. the captains and Assistant captains (the guard's) responsibilities for fishing, as well as through the processing and transport of fish: 10.1 to take on board and transfer to other ships and the environmental State inspection of marine environmental management officer exercising duties, at their request;
10.2. to let the environmental State inspection and marine environmental management officials who perform their duties, free stay on the offshore vessels;
10.3. free to broadcast from a ship of State environmental inspection stations and marine environmental management officer service messages;
10.4. keep on board those provisions and other documents governing the fishing;
10.5. ensure that vessel or floating means of identification should be clearly legible;
10.6. two hours prior to entry into port with the port authority on news the ship's cargo — sea fish caught — and the expected time of arrival in port.
10.7. to ensure this provision referred to in paragraph 9.13. the smooth functioning of the transmitter and its maintenance technical order. If the transmitter is damaged, immediately inform the monitoring centre, as well as once every two hours, by fax, phone or radio, to provide regular reports to the monitoring center, giving this provision 9.13.3. data referred to in point.
 
 
III. conditions of use of fishing gear for fishermen is prohibited: 11 11.1. keep on board the vessel or floating gear products other than those referred to in annex 5 of these regulations, as well as to be in the sea coast and cables for use with prepare bar gear that fishing period and instead use prohibited. Spare fishing gear permitted to be kept separate from the fishing gear used;
11.2. use noenkurojamo and the floating gear without marking or labelling does not comply with this rule 17 and 18;
11.3. Add gear device that could obscure a mesh or reduce their size, except that rule 13 and 14 cases provided for in paragraph 1;
11.4. wiring for towing ashore using motor vehicles;
11.5. deploy coastal fisheries: 11.5.1. networks and network lines closer than 100 m one from the other, in any direction, as well as closer than 100 m from the shore;
11.5.2. longlines, pots and lucīš lucīš of trap lines closer than 100 m one from the other in any direction;
11.5.3. herring fixed gear, fish traps (sīkzivj) and eel traps closer than 700 m one from the other side and less than 100 m in the direction of the other directions;
11.6. using fishing explosive, toxic or narcotic substances, elektrozvej, as well as pneumatic weapons and duramo tools;
7.3. the use for fishing bait fish wire, if the surface is less than the limit of 300 hooks and marine environmental management is not received the license for fishing with bait fish.
12. in paragraph 11 of these regulations and annex 5 gear are not considered ready for use if: 12.1. trawl door is securely attached to the bulwark (falšbort) internal or external parties or trawl the circles and veijer and cables disconnected from or reels;
12.2. the cord in the lower bottom of the round wire is disconnected from the network.
12.3. the network are placed in the covers;
12.4. longline and hooks are placed in closed boxes.
13. to prevent premature wear of the network, allowed: 13.1. affix the lower end of the canvas (tarpaulin), network, fabric or other materials;
13.2. in the end, the funnel and the strength of the cylindrical part of the building to use the bags, which are prepared from the equivalent or coarser material than used for the manufacture of the cod-end of mesh size that internal at least twice the mesh size of the codend internal, but not less than 80 mm in the case of mesh size in less than 40 mm. Bags can be attached along the front and rear of the codend or the edge between them stitch along one, really wide circle or stitch along one line in length of the codend.
14. Traļo, and towed the wiring is allowed to use in the valve (the dam network) with a smaller mesh size than internal trawl codend. The valve shall be affixed inside the codend and its front. The distance between the valve mounting the front line and the rear end of the codend shall be at least three times the length of the valve.
 
 
IV. Fishing gear characteristics and allowable number 15. It shall be prohibited to use the gear, the characteristics of which differ from these rules referred to in annex 6, the allowable parameters, including: 15.1 trawl fishing of cod, when used for the manufacture of netting or string of mesh size in directed fishing does not meet the following dimensions: 15.1.1. trawl codend and which a strengthening extension piece made from a twisted cord of polyamide that is not larger than 4.5 mm and of mesh size shall not be less than 125 mm, if only this provision waters referred to in paragraph 1;
15.1.2. trawl codend and which a strengthening extension piece made of twisted other material (except for polyamide) rope not thicker than 6 mm or two twisted strands of not more than 4 mm of mesh size less than 130 mm; 15.1.3. trawls which are equipped with the International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission recommendations for design 120 mm selective Windows and of mesh size shall not be less than 105 mm; 15.2. active gear in fishing for flounder If it is of mesh size less than the following specialized fishing for specified size: 15.2.1. fishing with trawls and Danish seines in the subregion — 120 mm 26; 15.2.2. fishing with trawls and Danish seines in the subregion — 110 mm 28; 15.3. If the networks of mesh size is less than the following dimensions: 15.3.1. cod 105-mm; flounder fishing 15.3.2.26. subregional-120 mm. flounder fishing 15.3.3; 28. subregional-110 mm turbot fishing 15.3.4.26 and 28. subregional-240 mm; 15.4. fish nets If it is of mesh size less than or greater than 80 mm 180 mm; 15.5. trawls, the mesh if step is less than the following specialized fishing for specified size: 15.5.1. fishing for herring in sub-areas-26.16 mm. herring fishing 15.5.2; 28. subregional-14 mm for fishing for sprat 15.5.3.26 and 28. subregional-8 mm; 15.6. specialized in fishing gear, the mesh if a step does not meet the following dimensions 15.6.1. herring and smelt: fishing with nets and riser: from 14 to 25 mm; 15.6.2. sprat for fishing with nets, from 10 to 15 mm. lucīš fishing with 15.6.3 lucīš pot, from 18 to 20 mm (excluding consist tail);
15.7. salmon and sea trout in directed fishing for sea: 15.7.1. use drift nets and anchored floating nets, if of mesh size less than 157 mm; 15.7.2. using one fishing vessel more than 600 drifting and floating anchored nets, taking into account that the length of each net not exceeding 35 metres, measured along the augšvir;
15.7.3. from one fishing vessel to use drifting or anchored in the long lines, which together have more than 2,000 hooks;
15.7.4. keep on one ship more than 100 reserve networks, taking into account that the length of each net not exceeding 35 metres, measured along the augšvir, and more than 200 Reserve hooks;
15.7.5. use hooks that the shortest distance of the spires to stalk is less than 19 mm; 15.8. coastal fisheries: 15.8.1. individual networks if it exceeds 100 m in length, and a network of lines, if their total length exceeds 300 m Riga Sea Bay and 800 m in the rest of the sea coast;
15.8.2. fish and eel traps (sīkzivj) herring fixed gear if it exceeds 600 m back; 15.8.3. fish traps and fish towed cables if the mesh at any step of the construction elements, except cod is less than 30 mm lucīš pots 15.8.4. when it exceeds 2 m in height or length exceeds 30 m Ranch; 15.8.5. eel traps (sīkzivj), if the mesh is less than 16 mm or greater than 18 mm but the ranch – less than 18 mm or greater than 30 mm 15.8.6. the bait fish towed cables, if the length exceeds 10 m wingspan and mesh step is less than 6 mm or greater than 12 mm; 15.8.7. longlines, which has more than 200 hooks.
16. Specialized in fishing for cod shall be prohibited to retain on board a fishing gear, the mesh size of which is smaller than the cod fishing gear allowed in size.
 
 
V. marking of fishing gear for fishermen at sea 17 behind coastal waters bar must ensure such gear equipment: those of Western 17.1. sector (from the South through the West to the North including) equipped with two flags and two fluorescent Ribbon stripes, but if you have limited vision, also with two white lights. Those in the eastern sector (from North to South through the East including) equipped with one flag and one in stripes of fluorescent linguini, but if you have limited vision, also with one light;
17.2. gear that is longer than one nautical mile, be fitted with starpstoder for every one nautical mile. Marker buoys be equipped the same way as those in the eastern sector, but the flags shall be white;
17.3. the network and drifting longlines each end marker buoys shall be fitted with, like those in the eastern sector. Those not equipped with fishing gear, connected with the ship;
17.4. If the gear is located close to the water surface, it buoys fitted with spherical surface signs and lights;

17.5. the string that connects the fishing gear and buoys should be from sinking or weight-bearing material;
10.9. the marker buoys shall be at least 1.5 m above the water level, and its equipment must ensure that the following requirements are met: 17.6.1. must be rectangular flags, which each side must not be less than 40 cm. distance between two flags along the vertical must not be less than 20 cm. Distance between the flag and the surface of the water must be not less than 80 cm; 17.6.2. flags, which have fishing gear both ends must have the same colour (other than white) and with the same size;
17.6.3. the top mark to be spherical (round) 25 cm in diameter and with Luminescent tape that is at least 6 cm wide. Top marks also may be used in place of spherical radarreflektor;
17.6.4. radarreflektor light must be yellow and flashing with a five-second intervals and the visibility of at least two nautical miles away. The reflected signal Radarreflektor visibility the ship radar should have at least two nautical miles;
17.6.5. marker buoys shall or buoys upper alarm must not be red or green;
17.6.6. on buoys or flag should be a number or name of the ship.
18. Fishers coast follows the fishing gear marking: 18.1. marking marking must be made of styrofoam, Cork or other waterproof material, and its size may not be less than 5 x 10 cm, or it must be manufactured from baltmetāl (aluminium or other light metal) with plate size 3 x 6 cm on the label 18.2. indicate the following: 18.2.1. fishing authorization (licenses) number;
18.2.2. the name of the legal person or physical person's name, initials, and last name. The size of the letters and numbers and the degree of wear must be such that the inscriptions and signs should be clearly legible;
18.3. the label shall be affixed to: 18.3.1. network at both ends of the upper cord not more than one metre from each end of the mesh;
18.3.2. trap and riser — at one of the objective of the offing feet above the water and at the Central buoys;
18.3.3. lucīš trap both ends at anchor buoys;
18.3.4. long lines at the pamataukl: no further than one metre from each end;
18.4 marking signs must also be on one of the network anchors or the target buoys. These buoys must be marked with a dark blue or black rectangular flag that differs from other buoy flags. Flag size must not be less than 20 x 30 cm. Where warranted by the depth, buoy location flags can be fixed to the Insert cards;
18.5. the fishing tools, which are used in accordance with the treaties, research purposes, in addition to being marked also with research institutions.
 
 
Vi. Prohibition of fishing times and places 19. Prohibited: 19.1. flounder fishing specialist, from 15 February to 15 may;
19.2. any fishing of turbot, the processing or storage of vessels and other floating means, from 1 June to 31 July;
19.3. the herring fishery in the Gulf of Riga with trawls, from 12 May to 10 June;
19.4. all types of fishing gear – Salatsi, throughout the year, Daugava, Gauja river Lielupe and the Venta River area within a radius of 1000 m from the mouth, while the rest of the river and Canal inlets — 200 m around the area of the mouth;
19.5. the coast with all types of gear: 19.5.1. from 1 May to 31 May, with the exception of turbot, herring and lucīš specialized fishing. Denial flounder in that during the directed fishing of flounder with cables allow, starting from 16 may;
19.5.2. from 1 October to 15 November, except in specialized fishing flounder with flounder and herring seines specialized fishing with the herring nets;
12.2.19.6.1. lucīš fishing: trawling, throughout the year.
19.6.2. directed fishing with traps, from 1 October to 30 April;
19.7. fishing with towed wire all year Riga Sea Bay flounder fishing, excluding the area from Oviš to Cape Kolka Horn and fishing with bait fish cord;
19.8. flounder fishing with towed cables in places where the depth does not exceed 5 m; 12.4. specialist sprat fishery in the Gulf of Riga with trawls throughout the year;
19.10. trawling in areas where the depth does not exceed 20 m, as well as Partridge Strait between the lines that connect the Oviš Lighthouse (57 ° 34.1234 ' N; 21 ° 42.9574 ' E) with the Load of the lighthouse (57 ° 57.4760 ' N 21 ° 58.2789 ' E;) West and Cape Kolka (57 ° N 22 ° 45.60 '; 36.40 ' E) with Kāvinin Lighthouse (57 ° N 22 ° 11.77 58.95 '; ' E) in the East, and 187, 194.201. fishing and square (annex 1);
19.11. trawling if they attached gruntrop, the Gulf of Riga — throughout the year.
19.12. specialist fish technical needs and animal feed, as well as prohibited without coordination with the fisheries management and environmental State Inspectorate to put these targets more than 10% of the total catch. Prohibition does not apply to sprat and herring fishing in the sea, but in refers to the fish in the coastal and offshore waters of the Gulf of Riga;
19.13. cod and turbot in handling sea to other ships or floating means.
salmon and sea trout in 20. directed fishing of prohibited: 20.1. with drifting nets and anchored floating nets in the sea — from 1 June to 15 September, but in the Gulf of Riga coastal waters behind the bar — throughout the year.
20.2. with drifting and moored in the longline fisheries in the sea — from 1 April to 15 November, but Gulf of Riga coastal waters behind the bar — throughout the year.
20.3. to all types of fishing gear on the coast, from 1 October to 15 November, but with the drift nets, drifting in the longline fisheries on the coast — throughout the year.
21. This provision 15, 16, 19 and 20 of the said fishing is considered specialized if: 21.1. is made of a given fish species fishing with this fish species to the fishing gear and fish species and fishing gear are recorded in the fishing licence (the licence);
21.2. any species of fish catch weight repeatedly exceeds 50% of the respective network in the post or trawling for the total weight of the catch when fishing with the same gear, altering fisheries, or distance of not more than five nautical miles from any same day trawling the route or the post.
 
 
VII. the minimum length of the fish and non-target volumes 22. It shall be prohibited to exceed the provisions mentioned in paragraph 24 of by-catches of undersized fish, as well as to accept, handle, transport, store and sell the following species, if fresh raw fish is less than the following dimensions: 22.1. sprat (sprattus sprattus baltic), 10 cm; 22.2. smelt (Osmer to eperlan): 11 cm; 22.3. herring (Clupea harengus Membri): 22.3.1. Gulf of Riga and its coast — 11 cm; 22.3.2. sea and its coast-13 cm; 22.4. perch (Perca fluviatilis): 17 cm;
22.5. lucīt (zoarces viviparus)-20 cm; 22.6. flounder (platichthys flesus trachurus): 21 cm; 14.1. Vimbai (Vimb-vimb)-29 cm; 22.8. Norman (abramis Brama): 29 cm; 14.2. ālant (id Leucisc)-29 cm; 22.10. turbot (Psett maximum) — 30 cm; 22.11. whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) — 35 cm 12/22. cod (Gadus morhua callari) — 35 cm 22.13. eel (Anguilla Anguilla) — 45 cm 22.14. Zander (Stizostedion lucioperc) — 45 cm; 22.15. Pike (Esox Lucio) — 45 cm brown trout to 22.16. (Salmo trutta) — 50 cm; 22.17. salmon (Salmo salar) 60 cm.
23. This provision 22, paragraph size is determined by measuring the fish from the muzzle end (closed mouth) to the end of the tail fin. If processed (salted, smoked or dried) fish, a particular size is reduced by 4%, but actually gutted cod catches used for determining the factor of 1.19 and gutted salmon — factor 1.1.24. Allowable fish catch volume: 24.1. cod by fishing of herring and sprat shall not exceed 10% of the total weight of the catch, except that rule 15.4. cases referred to. Undersized cod may not be more than 5% of cod by-catch;
24.2. undersized cod and plaice by-catch must not exceed 5% of the species concerned one or network hauls the catch weight;
24.3. undersized smelt, herring and sprat catch catch of each species listed must not exceed 15% of their number one, except the first hauls hauls, after which, if the by-catch exceeded certain interest, fishing must stop or change the location, the fish threw the sea;
15.2. undersized fish by-catch in the lucīš with the lucīš pots may not exceed 15% of the total catch of lucīš weight;
15.2. undersized whitefish, vimb, ālant and Zander fishing by-catch in traps and nets may not exceed 5% by number of species of fish concerned;
24.6. cod by-catches of flounder fishing ban period must not exceed 10% of the subregion — 28, 26 — 30% of the subregion total catch weight of cod, except that rule 15.4. cases referred to;
24.7. other undersized fish that are not listed in this provision, 15.0 15.0 15.1.,.,.,., 24.4 24.5 24.6. and in paragraph 25.1. total catch must not exceed 5% of the total catch weight;
15.4. a fish species fishing limit, making the complete learning of other species specialized fishing, the fish species acquired by-catches should not exceed 5% of the total weight of the catch.
25. Not allowed: 25.1. undersized turbot, salmon and sea trout, as well as by-catches of undersized by-catches of whitefish, whitefish is obtained if with fishing gear other than those mentioned in these provisions; paragraph 24.5.
25.2. the by-catch of salmon and turbot fishing ban period.

25.3. the rules referred to in point 22 species of fish (regardless of size) by-catch fish with a fishing lure bait fish.
26. If catches exceed this rules 24 and 25 points set out in the by-catch volume, the quantity of fish released immediately except for herring, sprat and smelt, which retain, subject to this provision 24.3. section. In all cases, make the relevant entries in the logbook.
27. by-catch, take note that: 27.1. for by-catches of the species is considered to be the particular role of fish for which fishing is prohibited during the period, place, or with the appropriate gear, as well as small fish and fish for which fishing is not for fishing permission (licence);
27.2. determination of by-catch, if the role is large (1 ton and more), from multiple locations are taken at least three samples and the percentage of by-catches shall be determined as the average of a sample of individual interest.
 
 
VIII. Fisheries management and control authorities of fishing rights and duties 28. fisheries headquarters, based on the Latvian Institute of fisheries research recommendations by matching with the protection of the environment and regional development Ministry: 28.1. has the following responsibilities: 28.1.1. the International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission resolutions and recommendations for changes in international fishing rules for the year of establishing the current measures in the regulation;
28.1.2. identify any additional adjustment to stop fishing, fishing in some places marine waters, as well as to decide on certain species of fish, the fishing suspension, if fully used or exceeded limits and quotas fixed amounts;
28.2. the following rights: 28.2.1. depending on air conditions change the fishing ban, the start time of a maximum of 15 days, without altering the total duration of the ban, but saving them the time of the ban, adopted by the International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission;
28.2.2. subject to the International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission for Latvia allocated catch quotas, establish fishing limits and catch fish volume of exchanges with other countries around the Baltic Sea, which may provide that the protocols are signed in compliance with intergovernmental agreements, as well as to define the allowable number of fishing vessels and fishing type marine waters, and to divide the fishing limits for fishermen.
29. The fisheries administration is right not to conclude commercial fishing rights lease, as well as the right not to grant additional fishing limit and not to issue new fishery business special permission (license) if not satisfied that the requirement in paragraph 9.11.
30. environmental State inspection and marine environmental management officials: 30.1. have the following rights: 30.1.1. to issue fishing logs, as well as check the fishermen fishing knowledge before a fishing permit (license) issued and registered fishermen;
30.1.2. stay on board fishing vessels and floating means of space ship, caught and processed fish products, fishing gear, fishing and fishing-related documents, as well as write needed information from those documents;
30.1.3. request information from fishermen for fishing;
30.1.4. after the arrival of the ship in port to take fish landing and first sale documents and records;
30.1.5. Notwithstanding other legislation provided for penalties in cases of infringement of these provisions to suspend, revoke or refuse a fishing permit (license);
30.1.6. If these provisions have been violated, request the relevant fisheries management or coastal municipalities to consider refusal of granting the fishing limit next year or fishing rights lease agreement termination;
30.1.7. require offenders to be delivered to the place of sale or storage of fishing gear and floating means used in fishing, the absence of such provisions, as well as with those tools fish caught;
30.2. has the following responsibilities: 30.2.1. collect from fishermen received messages for the current month and the month following the reporting month, the 15th date to submit a fisheries management and Fisheries Research Institute of Latvia report on fish catches in the previous month;
30.2.2. If you are suspended or withdrawn fishing permit (license), inform or the management of fisheries in coastal municipalities;
30.2.3. to use the information that is received and in the monitoring centre's database, only the control of compliance with these provisions;
30.2.4. off fisherman's catch limit the amount of fish caught in the absence of such provisions, as well as the amount of fish which is seized of this offence, irrespective of the place of infringement.
31. environmental State Inspectorate and the Marine Department issued fishing permits (licenses) to sea fishing in accordance with the provisions of annex 7 and coastal fishing, in accordance with the provisions of Annex 8.
32. the management of the marine environment is a duty to ensure that the provisions referred to in paragraph 9.13. the monitoring centre's activities.
 
 
IX. Closing questions 33. These rules 15.1 and subparagraph 15.6.3. conditions and of chapter I of annex 6. "active gear" and chapter II "Passive gear" paragraph 4 shall enter into force on January 1, 2002, but by 2001 through December 31, you can use the following fishing gear: 33.1. normally, when the cod trawl of mesh size less than 120 mm, 33.2. cod trawl equipped with selective Windows or other structures that provide 38 cm cod 50% retention, if it is of mesh size less than 105 mm; 33.3. lucīš traps, if their mesh size corresponds to a step, which ranges from 16 to 20 mm (excluding consist tail).
34. This provision is 9.13. the conditions of subparagraph shall enter into force: 34.1. for vessels carrying out fishing activities in accordance with these rules and in accordance with the requirements of the countries concerned is allowed at a time fishing in the waters of other countries in the Baltic Sea, with the entry into force of these regulations and subject to this provision provided for in paragraph 35 of the monitoring centre's start-up period;
21.3. for vessels carrying out fishing activities only in accordance with these terms and with a length of more than 24 m, by 1 January 2003.
35. Marine administration until 1 June 2002, provided that the monitoring provided for in paragraph 9.13. the establishment and operation of the Centre.
36. To declare unenforceable in the Cabinet of Ministers of 17 February 1998, the provisions of no. 55 "rules on industrial fishing in the territorial waters of the Republic of Latvia, the economic waters and the Gulf of Riga" (Latvia's journal, 1998, 44./45.nr.).
Prime Minister a. SMITH Minister of Agriculture (A). the Editorial Note: Slakter regulations shall enter into force with the 17 November 2001.










Explanatory notes Explanatory notes for completion of the journal on Completion of Logbook page 1 design: General requirements: 1.1 log page three (original and two copies) are numbered with the same number. The first copy of the page (original) for the previous month handed management of the marine environment sea control part time with monthly reports on fishing. Second copies (copies) remains in the journal, but the third (English) — the national fish-protection officer, if there is a breach of the fishing regulations of foreign economic zones.
The every three logbook sheets (original and two cops) with to be paginated with the same number. The first sheets (original) for the month should be given the proceedings the marine Control Division of the Marine Environmental Board together with the monthly catch reports. The second sheets (cop) to be in the logbook of the skipper, but the third sheets (in English) in the event of infringement of the fishery rules in the economic zones of foreign countries should be given to the fisheries inspector.
1.2. Entries in the journal shall be clearly legible. The amendments made are clearly visible (crossed out) and approved by the signature of the person filling out the journal.
The logbook recording should be legibl. The amendments should be distinguishabl (strikethrough) and affirmed by the signature of the person filling in the logbook.
1.3. New journal page is filled by the entire landing/transfer or changing the type of fishing, or the start of a new calendar month.
A new logbook sheet should be filled in after the complete catch landing/delivery or when another fishing method started or on the first day of the new month.
 
2. the information on fishing vessels: Information on the vessel 2.1. indication (1)-the ship name, port number, call sign, and license number.
Reference (1): the name of the vessel, external identification, the radio call sign and the number of the license.
2.2. Reference (2) the registration number of the ship.
Reference (2) — the official registration number of the vessel.
2.3. Reference (3) a ship captain's name, personal ID code.
Reference (3) — the name of the master, the personal identification number.
2.4. references (1-3) — twin trawling, in addition to recording his partner's name, port number, call sign, the license number, the registration number of the vessel, the captain's name and ID number. His partner just fills in the fishing log.

Reference (1-3) in the event of the twin trawl fishing — the name of a twin vessel, the external identification number, the radio call sign, the number of the licence, the official registration number of the vessel and the master's name and the personal identification number. The twin vessel has also to complete the logbook.
2.5. indication (4): departure date, time and port.
Reference (4) — the exit date, time and port.
2.6. indication (5): return date, time and port.
Reference (5), entry date, time and port.
2.7. Reference (6), the time and the place of unloading.
Reference (6) — landing time and landing place.
 
3. information on gear: Information on the fishing gear: 3.1 reference (7) — the name of the fishing gear and the main characteristics (networks, a length, height, vertical trawls; opening, selective window, etc.).
Reference (7) — the fishing gear name and the details change (for the nets, the length, the height; for trawl-the vertical opening, the selectivity and others Windows).
3.2. Fishing gear in the following terms: For the fishing gear the following designation should be used: 3.2.1. OTB-bottom trawl OTB — the bottom trawl, bottom PTB 3.2.2 twin trawl PTB — the bottom twin trawl 3.2.3 OTM-pelagic trawl – the pelagic trawl OTM 3.2.4. PTM midwater pair trawl, the PTM: the twin trawl pelagic 3.2.5. GNU — GNU network of longline anchored — the anchored net line 3.2.6. GND: GND drift longline network — the drifting net line — moored 3.2.7 LL longlines LL — anchored in longlin
3.2.8. LLD, LLD longlines of the Pack — in longlin 3.3 indication drifting (8): gear minimum mesh size or hook size (mm).
Reference (8) — the fishing gear minimum mesh-size or hook-size (mm).
3.4. indication (9), gears (nets, longlines).
Reference (9) — the number of fishing gear (nets, hooks).
 
4. information on the fishing operations and fish transhipments at sea: Information on fishing operations and fish transshipmen at sea: 4.1. indication (10), if the ship passes a fish other ship at sea, the adoption of the name indicated, the Board number, call sign, date and nationality.
Reference (10): in the event of fish to another vessel at sea transshipmen is the name of the recipient vessel, external identification number, the radio call sign, the date and the vessel flag country have to be indicated.
4.2. indication (11) — fishing operations start date.
Reference (11) — the commencemen data of the fishing operations.
4.3. indication (12) — the beginning of fishing operations (NET or trawl, longline release time) after the ship's clock.
Reference (12) — the time of fishing operations started (the time of casting nets or trawl, longlin) by vessel time.
4.4. indication (13) — the duration of the fishing hours and minutes from the landing gear of the start time at sea and the complete removal of the gear.
Reference (13) — the duration of fishing in hours and minutes since the beginning of the fishing gear cast time on the sea until the complete lift of fishing gear.
4.5. Reference (14) — the location coordinates in degrees and minutes.
Reference (14) — the line of the fishing ground in degrees and minutes.
4.6. indication (15) — the location in the square, which in the role. Square numbers are presented in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of annex 1, but foreign economic zone waters, in accordance with paragraph 2 of that annex.
Reference (15) — the rectangle object of the fishing ground where the catch obtained. The numbers of the rectangle object's should be shown in accordanc with the paragraph 1 of the Annex 1 of these regulations, but in the economic zones of foreign countries in accordanc with paragraph 2 of the Annex 1.4.7. indication (16) — the national economic zone (abbreviation), fishing: reference (16) — the abbreviation of the economic zone of the country where the fishing operations performed 4.7.1. — a Latvian LV: economic zone — the economic area EN of Latvia — Estonia EE 4.7.2 economic area EEA — the economic zone of Estonia LT Lithuania 4.7.3. — economic zone — the economics area LT of Lithuania RU — Russian 4.7.4. economic zone RU — the economic zone of Russia the Polish FA 4.7.5. — economic zone: the zone FA economics of Poland 4.7.6. ECA – European Community area (Swedish: ECS Denmark — Finland — the ECF, ECD, German: ECG) the European Community EC-zone (ECS — Sweden, Finland, Denmark, ECF, ECD, ECG-Germany) 4.8. references (11-17) — each fishing operation data indicate in a separate box. Catch points on fish species and kilograms. Salmon and sea trout catches indicate the pieces and kilograms.
Reference (11-17): the data of each fishing operations should be filled in a separate line. The catch should be shown by fish species and kilograms. The catch of salmon and sea trout should be shown by five and kilograms.
4.9. The indication (18): discards by weight in kg or number, as it is required to specify the (17). This information is intended only for research. The amount does not include the actual catches and limits.
Reference (18) — the amount of discarded fish should be shown by weight in kg or number as it is required in the reference (17). This information is only mean for research purpose and is not included in the actual catch and in the utilisation of allocated limit.
 
5. information about the landing of fish/transfer: Information on fish landing/delivery: 5.1. Transfer fish to several makers, journal references (19), (20) and (21) completed for each fish unloading/transfer time, a record of each individual column.
When the fish delivered to several agents (the recipient), the logbook reference (19), (20) and (21) should be filled in per each fish landing/delivery in a separate line.
5.2. Reference (19) — specify the handling of fish (gutted, headless, loin, etc.). If not treated, "whole".
Reference (19) — the type of fish processing should be written (gutted, headed off, fillet, etc.). If the fish, the unprocessed "whole" should be written.
5.3. indication (20) — the quantity in kilograms of fish released. Salmon and sea trout, and kilograms.
Reference (20) — the quantity in kilograms of fish delivered. For salmon and sea trout in five and kilograms.
5.4. indication (21) — signature of the master of the ship, the fish last, giving the company name and number of the receipt of a transfer of the fish.
Reference (21): the master's signature, the name of agent (fish recipient), the name of the company and the number of fish delivery bill.
Farming Minister a. Slakter annex 5 by the Cabinet of Ministers of 13 November 2001, the Regulation No 479 authorized gear 1. Trawl-asset type of gear, consisting of a rope or rope structures to which attached to the tapered mesh bag with s and dragging one or two vessels: a bottom-trawl 1.1 with specially equipped additional rope — gruntrop and bottom trawl rope for protection and to increase weight on bottom fishing;
1.2. the pelagic trawl trawl without the gruntrop;-
1.3. the twin trawl-pelagic trawl, which pulled two ships.
2. Pull wire-asset type of gear, consisting of cables, mesh wings and mesh bag (tail): 2.1 wire — flounder towed wire specialist fishing flounder;
2.2. the bait fish the wire — small smalkacain wire mesh towed the bait fish in the surface.
3. Network: the passive type of fishing gear that consists of viensien or trammel netting and is tied (uzsēdināt) at the cords (above): 3.1 Pack network — a network that is free to move in the wind or currents;
3.2. floating anchored network — a network that is anchored at the bottom;
3.3. network line — at the top of the interconnected network.
4. Herring — fixed riser cage-type gear, consisting of fences, paddocks and one or two loose boxes at the top of the funnel (elevation) without a flapper.
5. Trap-cage type fixed gear, consisting of fences, which is at one end of the paddock and one or two of the top closed, the box equipped with a flapper with a strengthening of their ends: 5.1 fish pots, pots, mesh which step is not less than 30 mm 5.2. eel (sīkzivj) pots, pots, where the mesh is from 16 to 18 mm lucīš pots — 5.3 pots without paddock specialist fishing lucīš consisting of a back and two cod (izberamaj tails);
5.4. lucīš trap lines — connect the pots line lucīš.
6. Line-to pamataukl with hooks attached to snoods line that is anchored or drifting.
Farming Minister a. Annex 6 by Slakter Cabinet 13 November 2001 of Regulation No 479 commercial fishing gear design elements acceptable parameters i. Active gear No.
The name Wing length (m) of mesh p.k.


size (mm) 1.
Cod trawl: 1.1.
from 4.5 mm polyamide cords-not less than 125 * 1.2.
of other material (except for polyamide), not less than 130 mm * 6 cords or two 4 mm cords 1.3.
with 120 mm BACOM type selective window — not less than 105 2.
Flounder trawl: 2.1.
26. the subregion — not less than 120 * 2.2.
28. the subregion — no less than 110 3.
Herring haul: 3.1.
26. the subregion — no less than 16 * 3.2.
28. the subregion — no less than 14 * 4.
Sprat trawl, not less than 8 * 5.
Flounder towed cord: 5.1.
26. the subdivision not greater than 20 120 * no less than 5.2.
28. the subdivision not greater than 20 not less than 110 6.
Fish towed cord a maximum of not less than 30 * 20 * 7.

Bait fish towed wire is not greater than 10 from 6 to 12 * * II. Passive gear No.
The name of the farm or Ranch, or the network structure of the mesh network PO box

length (m) size (mm) size (mm) 1.
Herring is no larger than 600 riser from 16 to 30 from 14 to 25 ** 2.
Fish trap not greater than 600 from 30 to 120 * not less than 30 * except s or consist tail 3.
Eel (sīkzivj) pots for a maximum of 600 from 18 to 30 from 16 to 18 * 4.
Lucīš trap not greater than 30 from 18 to 20 from 18 to 20 **, except cod or tail consist 5.
Fish network is not greater than 100 from 80 to 180-6.
Herring and smelt pot in no more than 100 from 14 to 25-7.
Sprat network a maximum of 100 from 10 to 15-8.
The cod network is not greater than 100 not less than 105-9.
Flounder: 9.1.
26. the subdivision not greater than 100 not less than 120-9.2.
28. the subdivision not greater than 100 not less than 110-10.
Salmon and sea trout in the network a maximum of not less than 35:11 157.
Salmon and sea trout hook hook size no less than 19 12 line.
Turbot network not greater than 70 not less than 240-notes.
* Mesh inner size is determined using the flat 2 mm-thick touch (spraugmēr), made of a material resistant to wear, with a section in mm and slīpņ drop 2 cm for every touch of the touch with the 8 cm. hand printed mesh openings and read the measurement. Measure the stretched mesh eyes perpendicular to the seam stitching rope, or hives. The measurement shall be carried out only in the wet the mesh, selecting one of the centreline of the gear 20 eyes not less than 50 cm from lacings connection seams, stitching the rope or slings.
** Mesh step determined by measuring the distance between the wet gear up netting 11 received a single line dividing their knots by 10. On the basis of 20 mesh (one line) measurement of the average size, measured parallel to the gear centreline no closer than 10 meshes (but not closer than 50 cm) from the mesh connection seams, stitching the ropes or lengthwise.
Minister of agriculture (A). the annex 9 Slakter Cabinet 13 November 2001 of Regulation No 479 rates for the purpose of calculating the amount to be recovered for the loss of any natural or legal person caused when illegally obtaining fish sea of the Republic of Latvia no PO box
Species Loss compensation in dollars the unit 1.
Sprat, herring, smelt 0.5 1 kg 2.
Pout, flounder, snapper, vimb, ālant, perch 0.5 x 1
3. Ling 1.5 x 1
4. Cod, turbot, whitefish, eel, Zander 5.0 x 1
5. Salmon, sea trout 25.0 x 1
 
6. Other species of fish referred to in point 22 of these rules 1 kg 1.0 farming Minister a. Slakter States