The State Duma has imposed a ban on the barbaric fishing of marine mammals by dealers
The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted today in the first reading a bill banning the industrial fishing of whales, dolphins and porpoises. The Russian government submitted the bill to the State Duma for consideration, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. As follows from the draft law, it may establish more stringent regimes for limiting or regulating fishing in the exclusive economic zone of the Russian Federation, even banning fishing for certain species. Question…