Head of the Council of the Federation Committee for agrarian and food policy and environmental management Gennady Gorbunov on Thursday introduced an initiative to ban the Japanese Drift net fishing in the exclusive economic area of the Russian Federation, informs the administration of Primorsky Krai.

His Proposal Gorbunov announced during the Ninth international Congress of fishermen in Vladivostok.

Country (Japan edit) unilaterally. In this regard, in the form of response would be timely to consider the introduction of a comprehensive ban Japanese drift net fishery in the exclusive economic area of the Russian Federation. The Federation Council on the results of the meeting will send the appropriate request to the Federal Agency for fishery, " said Gorbunov.

Deputy Minister of agriculture of the Russian Federation, head of the Federal Agency for fishery Ilya Shestakov said that the initiative must be considered." The proposal deserves attention. It is, without a doubt, it is necessary to analyze in detail. On the one hand, the Proposal, of course, affects our fishing industry, but the opposite has quite a serious political issue. For this reason, must be developed With colleagues from other departments, most importantly With the foreign Ministry, " said the head of the Agency.

Drift-net fishing - drift-net fishing is used to catch fish in the surface water layers.


The US and EU do not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia and accused Moscow of interfering in Ukraine. Russia denies it and calls the accusations are unacceptable. Western countries Since March has repeatedly imposed punishment on a number of Russian politicians, businessmen and organizations and threatened to make wider restrictive measures. The last case of the use of such practices began in July punishment.

The European Union on July 30 announced sanctions list in Ukraine, which included 8 people and 3 legal entities. Among them, the 1st Deputy head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation Alexey Gromov, four Russian businessman, the head of the Ministry of internal Affairs of the Crimea, as Well as two self-proclaimed messenger for Eastern Ukraine national republics.

EU authorities have banned investors from the European Union the sale, delivery, or movement of key equipment and technology for the creation, acquisition or development of infrastructure projects in a number of industries in the Crimea and Sevastopol. It is also forbidden the use for these purposes, vessels or aircraft under the jurisdiction of the EU. The limits relate to the transport, telecommunications and energy industries, oil exploration, gas and other minerals.

the U.S. Treasury Department on July 29, announced the introduction of penalties against the Bank of Moscow, VTB and Rosselkhozbank, and the United shipbuilding Corporation of the Russian Federation.

in the U.S. capital and Brussels when ready, if necessary, to make wider sanctions lists. A complete list of Russian Citizens and organizations who are under punishment, -

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