Subsidies

The aquaculture sector receives regular support from the state budget for purchases of feed compounds and medical preparations or drugs, totalling about US$ 500 000/year. Fish processing enterprises rely on short-term rouble credits for acquisition of raw material.

Legislation

Since 2003, processing and trade in fish are regulated by a Decree issued by the President of the Republic of Belarus "About state regulation of import, processing, sale of oceanic fish and seafood products".

According to the above reglamentation, the licensing of fish processing is conducted by the Executive Directorate of Affairs of the President of Belarus. Before a licence is issued, it is necessary to obtain the consent of the fire-fighting service, of sanitary supervision, of the Standardization Committee, etc. In addition to the fees for inspections and coordination, the licence is valid for 5 years.

Fish importing is limited to those enterprises that have been successful in the contest for quotas. The contest is organized by the Executive Directorate of Affairs of the President of Belarus. Imports must go through special customs stores that are on the approved list of the State Customs Committee.

International cooperation

In 2002, Belarus and Russia signed an agreement on collaboration in the field of fisheries. According to Article 5 of the agreement, Russia annually allocates an amount of fish from the Russian EEZ that can be caught in the name of Belarus, and issues licences for fishery activities for joint Belarusian-Russian enterprises.

Research

The main institutes are:

Belarusian Research and Design Institute of Fish Industry (Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Republic of Belarus), in Minsk; and Institute of Zoology of the National Academy of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk.

The institutes are mostly engaged in investigations in the aquaculture sector. AID
External support has been received from the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development in the form of credit (US$ 2 million) for a joint company "Santa-Bremor" in the city of Brest, where a processing department with a capacity of 35 t/day was brought into operation in 2001. The "Minskiy Rybokomplex" OAO, Minsk, in 2003–2004 received interest-free credit equivalent to € 4.2 million for factory reconstruction.

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