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The main aim of this operation was to prevent violations in area of coastal and oceanic fishery, and also amateur fishing.
In this operation 8 coastguard-patrol vessels, 3 coastguard supply ships, and 12 patrol boats of “Skate”-class were involved. During the operation coastguards have inspected approximately 40 Russian and 6 foreign vessels inside the Russian Economical Zone.
Furthermore, coastguards in cooperation with officers from The Department of Economical Crime Investigation with respect to bio resources and fishery have made 3 raids on AN-26 airplane and 10 raids on KA-27 helicopter along the coast of Barents Sea and White Sea.
As a result of the operation, more then 30 juridical and private bodies have been punished, and it were prepared documents to confiscate 50 metric tons of non-reported fish products for a total amount of 300 thousand RUB (app. USD 10 thousand).
Most common violations were as follows:
amateur fishing without an appropriate license, regulation breaches in connection with passing of control points and manipulation of fishery information committed by captains of Russian vessels.
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