Russian Ministry of Agriculture Proposes Monitoring Requirements for Seafood Transshipment Without Border Guard Presence
The Russian Ministry of Agriculture has published a proposal on the requirements that fishing vessels must comply with when receiving, unloading and transshipping catches and fish products without border guard personnel present, proposing that monitoring equipment remain switched on, that transshipment involving multiple vessels be received and unloaded vessel by vessel, and that an advance notification mechanism be used.
On November 12, 2026, the Russian Ministry of Agriculture published a proposal seeking comments on the requirements to be observed when receiving, unloading and transshipping catches and fish products without border guard personnel present. The draft government decree was drawn up to implement a federal law adopted in Russia this year that regulates fishing activities in Russia's continental shelf and exclusive economic zone.
Under this law, the government has the authority to determine the circumstances in which the receipt, transshipment and unloading of catches and their products are permitted without border guard officials present, and to establish specific requirements for such cases. The Ministry of Agriculture's proposal sets out precisely these specific requirements.
The proposal would require that technical monitoring equipment be switched on during receipt, unloading and transshipment. If catches and products are transshipped from two or more vessels to the same vessel, receipt and unloading must be carried out separately for each fishing vessel. In addition, the use of advance notification to the border guard authorities is planned.
The draft government decree is currently at the proposal publication stage, and the requirements will apply to the receipt, unloading and transshipment of catches and fish products when such operations are carried out without border guard personnel present.
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