Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a law to improve state regulation in the fishing industry, which launches large-scale changes in this area, the government portal said on Monday.
“The bill was developed for maximum consideration of the wishes of all market players, as well as for harmonization of Ukrainian legislation with the regulatory framework of EU countries,” explained the acting head of the State Fish Agency Igor Klimenok, whose words are quoted in the message on the website of the Cabinet of Ministers.
At the same time, he expressed confidence that already in 2023, the industry will feel the changes.
According to the report, the Law ¹ 7616 “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on improvement of state regulation in the industry of fisheries, conservation and rational use of aquatic bioresources and aquaculture” creates the conditions for the systematic reform of fisheries.
The law changes the methods of public administration and emphasizes the digitalization of fisheries, in particular the creation of a single state electronic system of industry management.
In addition, the law introduces a mechanism for declaring the right to fish in electronic form. A system is being created to trace the origin of aquatic biological resources.
According to the law, all fishing vessels must now have remote control means. In addition, the procedure of leasing hydraulic structures for the development of aquaculture is simplified.
The law introduces the unification of all types of use of living aquatic resources for scientific purposes, establishes legal requirements for the fish hatchery as an object of accounting of harvested living aquatic resources and products made of them.
As previously reported, the Verkhovna Rada started a major reform of the fishing industry by adopting by a majority vote on March 21 the law number 7616 “On improvement of state regulation of the fishing industry, conservation and rational use of living aquatic resources and aquaculture.
“With the adoption of the law electronic auctions for the right of industrial fishing, which had been previously conducted as a government experiment, will fully operate. The transparent bidding mechanism creates equal conditions of economic competition and ensures equal access to fishing for new economic entities”, – the Ministry of Agricultural Policy emphasized then.
