The Ukraine government has launched the reform of the fishing industry

On July 22, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the draft Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Improving State Regulation in the Field of Fisheries, Conservation and Rational Use of Aquatic Bioresources and the Field of Aquaculture."

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"Now it is almost impossible for new business entities to enter the field of industrial fishing, so we are doing everything to make the mechanism of entering the fish farming market as simple and transparent as possible", commented the government draft law, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Vitaly Holovnya.

He also noted that the draft law proposed by the government provides for a transparent auction mechanism for the sale of rights to conclude contracts for the right to special use of aquatic biological resources.

Along with this, for lease agreements, the term of which expires during the period of martial law and during the calendar year after its termination or cancellation, an automatic extension of the term of their validity by one year is provided and cancels the need to obtain the approval of the State Agency of Water Resources of Ukraine, which significantly simplifies the procedure for acquiring water objects for lease for fishing needs.

It is also proposed to streamline legal relations regarding the use of hydrotechnical facilities for aquaculture purposes.

"In addition, the draft Law introduces the concept of the Unified state electronic management system for the fishing industry, as a nationwide automated information and analytical system for providing access to information about the fishing industry of Ukraine and its network, which ensures the creation, collection, receipt, storage, use, distribution, protection, information protection, as well as electronic interaction between natural and legal entities, natural persons - entrepreneurs, entities providing administrative services, entities providing public (electronic public) services for the purpose of obtaining administrative and other public (electronic public) services in the field of fisheries," emphasised the Deputy Minister.

At the same time, the powers of territorial fish protection bodies will be deregulated - they will be stripped of their authorisation functions, and only control ones will remain, which will significantly reduce the corruption component. Permissive procedures will take place through the State Agency of Land Reclamation and Fisheries of Ukraine.

"We hope that people's deputies will support our initiative to reform the fishing industry in Ukraine, and soon the whole country will feel the positive changes included in the draft law," Mr Vitaly Holovnya concluded.

Briefly about the improvement of state regulation in the field of fisheries, preservation and rational use of aquatic biological resources and the field of aquaculture here. (.pdf, 525.36 KB).

The draft Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Improving State Regulation in the Field of Fisheries, Conservation and Rational Use of Aquatic Biological Resources and the Field of Aquaculture" will be available on the website of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine after its registration.

For more information visit the website, HERE.

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