Russia: Fishing Quotas For Saami In Murmansk Oblast Increased By 50%

Russia: Fishing Quotas For Saami In Murmansk Oblast Increased By 50%   After numerous addresses from the NGO organizations, incl. the Kola Saami Association, starting in 2001, requests were submitted to increase the quotas for aquatic bioresources. Since 2009 this issue was taken up the meetings of the Council of the Saami Authorized Representatives in Murmansk Oblast (SUPS MO) and the Council of Indigenous Peoples under the Government of Murmansk Oblast.   As the result, the Regional...

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