Protection of fish resources Sample Clauses

Protection of fish resources. 1. The Contracting Parties, on the recommendation of the Joint Working Group, may establish permanent and temporary zones with a special protection regime marked with distinguishing marks. 2. Permanent and temporary ban zones with particular fishery protection regime can be established for the protection of: a) spawning areas, producers of fish, caviar and young fish in areas of development and feeding; b) species diversity of fish and other aquatic biological resources on the most valuable parts of aquatic ecosystems; c) wintering areas, permanent and temporary accumulation of fish and other aquatic biological resources. 3. In the basin of the Dniester River basin it is prohibited or restricted the activity preventing the migration, breeding, slope of juveniles, wintering and threatening the existence of populations of fish and other aquatic biological resources, except where such activities are carried out to prevent emergency situations of natural and man-made disasters and their consequences. 4. In order to protect fish and other aquatic biological resources, it is prohibited: a) to displace, damage or destroy the signs marking the border areas with special protection regime; b) to harvest reed, cane, bulrush and other aquatic plants without the consent of the competent state authorities of the Contracting Parties; c) to bar by any facilities and gear the channel, shallow channel, delta, courses, channels connecting the rivers and canals with float system, floodplain lakes, swamps and flooded floodplain water body if this would impede the free migration of fish; d) to fish migrating fish in spawning in the floodplain water bodies (and from them); e) to deliberatively change the water production, if it threatens the loss of fish and other aquatic biological resources; f) to destroy or deteriorate the hydraulic structures (dams, bridges channels) (except in the exercise of measures to restore natural spawning) and vegetated slopes and beaches along the water, as well as to violate the economic activities in water protection areas; g) to extract from the Dniester River sand and gravel without the consent of the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties; h) to dredge and other kinds of construction, reparation and maintenance works in water bodies, affecting the integrity of existing ecosystems, without the consent of the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties.