BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 2
By Klavdiya Romakayeva - Trend:
A new taxation procedure was announced to support the fishing industry of Uzbekistan, as well as improve the efficiency of the activities of fish farming and fishing farms, Trend reports with reference to Norma information and legal portal in Uzbekistan.
Since 2020, fish farms engaged in fish farming in artificial reservoirs calculate the tax for the use of water resources at the rates established for irrigation of agricultural land, based on the difference in the volume of water taken from the water body and the returned water.
The organizations of the Ministry of Water Resources will determine the amount of water used for calculating the tax for the use of water resources of fish farms and agricultural enterprises, based on the amount of water consumed.
If it is impossible to determine the actual volume of water consumption, the tax base for the use of water resources is set at 50 percent of the established standards for water consumption.
Used water resources taken from collector-drainage waters are not subject to taxation.
The ministry will also approve water intake limits for fish farms engaged in fish breeding in artificial reservoirs, taking into account the estimated and actual water availability of sources and water consumption plans.
A trilateral agreement will be concluded between fish farms engaged in fish farming in artificial reservoirs, the relevant water supply organizations, and the Uzbekbaliksanoat Association annually until January 15.
From 2021 to 2022, fish farms that take water from rivers and canals will gradually switch to the use of secondary water sources, as well as new resource-saving intensive technologies in artificial reservoirs under conditions of water shortage.
Until January 1, 2022, the Unified Data Bank of the indigenous fish from the natural reserves of water and aquatic biological resources of Uzbekistan will be formed.
Also, in large fish-breeding clusters, paid courses will be organized to train fish incubation, rearing fish fry and marketable fish using an intensive method in closed water supply systems, cages, concrete pools, and earthen ponds.