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Waterfront club on the Emajõgi River in Tartu, Estonia. The river flows into Lake Peipus. Photo credit: HendrixEesti, via Wikimedia Commons.
Peipsi was concluded between Estonia and
Russia. Pursuant to the agreement an
intergovernmental Estonian-Russian commission
on fisheries was established, with the aim to
coordinate management issues of fish stocks,
coordinate research of the state of fish resources,
establish a common fishing limit, regulate tools
and methods of fishing, set up prohibited periods
and areas, improve state of and increase the
amount of living resources, resolve disputes and
incidents relating to fishing activities.
The parties then adopted an agreement of
cooperation regarding the environment on
January 11 th , 1996. This agreement was followed
by another agreement about cooperation
regarding the protection and sustainable use of
transboundary waters, which came into action on
August 20 th , 1997; an intergovernmental
commission was established under the 1997
agreement to coordinate its implementation
(Estonia-Russia, 1997). Responsibilities of the
commission include the exchange of monitoring
data between the parties, defining priority areas
and programmes of scientific study, agreeing on
common indicators of water quality, facilitating
cooperation between various stakeholders
(including governmental bodies, local
government, scientific and public interest
organisations), and encouraging stakeholder
engagement in transboundary issues.
The latter commission is chaired by the
Estonian secretary general of the ministry of the
Lake Peipsi harbor at Mustvee, Estonia. Photo credit: Mark A . Wilson
(Department of Geology, The College of Wooster), via Wikimedia
Commons.
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