LIMIT REFERENCE POINTS OF FISHING PARAMETERS IN LAKES AND RESERVOIRS OF KAZAKHSTAN

Evgeniy Vyacheslavovich Kulikov,Kuanysh Baibulatovich Isbekov,Saule Zhangirovna Assylbekova

doi:10.24143/2073-5529-2021-2-41-46

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Abstract

The article deals with the problems of regulating commercial fishing in the water bodies of Kazakhstan. Analysis of data on fishing in large reservoirs of the Republic of Kazakhstan shows that along with natural changes in the fish stocks (when the water level in the reservoir decreases), the fishing intensity makes the greatest impact on the state of fish stocks. Today a pre-existing limiter as the fishing regime (the number of fishing gear and fishermen) completely has fallen out of the fishing control mechanisms. According to some reports, the catch of fish with fishing gear available to fishermen, increases the established limits by 1.5–2 times. Thus, the possible catch significantly exceeds the registered (official) catch. It is proposed to use the regulation of the fishing regime (the number of fishing gear, fishing vessels, fishermen) as a measure that determines the limits of safe effort and to limit unrecorded fishing on water bodies. The number of fishermen in the pond should not only meet the criteria for safe effort, but also allow fishing organizations to conduct profitable fishing. The calculation of the maximum allowable number of fishing performance indicators (limit reference points of fishing effort) are given.

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The Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries was developed and adopted on October 31, 1995[1]
The collection of ichthyological material was carried out according to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recommendations and methods accepted in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) [19, 20]
Analysis of data on fishing in large reservoirs of the Republic of Kazakhstan shows that along with natural changes in the state of fish stocks, the intensity of fishing has the greatest impact on the state of fish stocks

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The Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries was developed and adopted on October 31, 1995[1]. The precautionary approach has been adopted by all leading international fisheries management organizations as the basis of its fishing policy. The states should clearly define for themselves a specific target and limit reference points for a particular fish stock and, at the same time, actions should be taken if the limits are exceeded, right up to the moratorium on fishing. This means that fishing should be allowed only within biologically safe values [2–17]. Unlike Russia, in Kazakhstan users are assigned not catch quotas, but water bodies or part of their water area

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