Finding solutions to address legal gaps in the statutory regulation for the handling of marine mammals

Abstract

We center on the finding solutions to address legal gaps in the handling of marine mammals. As it is known, recently the problem of cruel treatment of marine mammals in the Khabarovsk Territory has received wide publicity. However, this problem has developed a long time ago. For several years, with the existence of gaps in legislation in the field of protection and use of marine mammals, there is an illegal fishing and trade of marine animals for lucrative purposes. We discuss the effectiveness of the recent change in criminal legislation in this area. We study the positive experience of the in-terdepartmental group work for the gray whale population protection. We conduct the analysis of the representatives experience of the Altai-Sayan ecoregion in the combat against the suppression of illegal transactions using Internet resources in relation to wildlife objects. We note the desire of large Internet companies to combat the illegal trade of wild animals, including ma-rine mammals. We proposed the cooperation formation between government authorities related to the field of international trade for the detection of marine mammals trade cases. We also propose recommendations on the customs authorities participation in working groups, organized activities to identify offenses against marine mammals.