Common use of Protection of fish resources Clause in Contracts

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.

Protection of fish resources. 1. The Contracting Parties, on following the recommendation recommendations of the Joint Working Group, may establish permanent and temporary zones with a of special protection regime marked with distinguishing marksdistinctive signs. 2. Permanent and temporary ban zones with particular special fishery protection conservation regime can be established for the protection ofto protect: a) spawning areas, producers of fish, caviar and young fish baby fishes in areas of development and feeding; b) species diversity of fish and other aquatic biological resources on in 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 Activities preventing the migration, breedingreproduction, slope downstream migration of juvenilesbaby fishes, 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 caused emergencies and eliminate their consequences, shall be prohibited or restricted in the Dniester River basin. 4. In order to protect fish and other aquatic biological resources, it is prohibitedshall be prohibited to: a) to displace, damage or destroy the signs marking borders of the border areas with special protection regime; b) to harvest reed, cane, bulrush and other aquatic plants without the consent of competent public authorities of the competent state authorities states of the Contracting Parties; c) to bar by any facilities constructions and fishing gear the channelpaths, shallow channelchannels, deltadeltas, coursesarms, channels canals connecting the rivers and canals channels with float wetland system, floodplain lakes, swamps and flooded floodplain water body bodies if this would impede the impedes free migration of fishfish migration; d) to fish for migrating fish in during spawning in the floodplain water bodies (and from them); e) to deliberatively deliberately change the water productiondischarge, if it threatens the loss of this endangers fish and other aquatic biological resources; f) to destroy or deteriorate impair the state of hydraulic structures facilities (dams, bridges channelsbridges, canals) (except in the exercise of for taking measures to restore natural spawning) and vegetated slopes and beaches banks along the waterwater bodies, as well as to violate the economic activities in regime of water protection areaszones; g) to extract sand and gravel from the Dniester River sand and gravel without the consent of competent public authorities of the competent authorities states of the Contracting Parties; h) to dredge undertake dredging and other kinds types of construction, reparation repairing and maintenance works activities in water bodies, affecting the integrity of existing ecosystems, ecosystems without the consent of competent public authorities of the competent authorities states of the Contracting Parties.