On June 7, 2019, the Institute for Legislative and Parliamentary Studies together with the Committee on Ecology and Environment Protection of the Legislative Chamber held a round table on the draft law “On Hunting and Fishing”. ,

The event discussed the current state of hunting and fishing, existing problems in the field and proposals for solving them.

 The country has 38 fishing farms with a total area of 406,000 hectares and a total of 608,000 hectares of hunting and fishing sports associations which is a great opportunity to include such objects into Uzbekistan tours packages. 

In particular, the draft law provides for the main directions of the state policy in the field of hunting, hunting zones, the rules and conditions for hunting, the main provisions of hunting. It clarifies the list of documents confirming the right to hunt, as well as the introduction of a system of state monitoring of game animals and their habitats. The bill for the first time indicates the amount of payments for hunting, based on the number of wild animals.

In order to fully develop hunting tourism in the country and make full use of these opportunities, the project proposes features of hunting for foreigners.

It was noted that the experience of foreign countries, in particular Germany, France, Japan, Turkey, Russia and Kazakhstan, was taken into account in the preparation of the bill.

It was emphasized that the adoption of the draft law will contribute to the rational use of wildlife resources, their registration, the regulation of their reproduction and maintenance, the development of hunting tourism and the improvement of the fishing industry. Meanwhile it is only possible to include such destinations on Uzbekistan tours without caring the hunting equipments such as guns including hunting dogs.

We are excited to the upcoming laws and regulations on hunting in Uzbekistan and Roxana Tour will make sure to have separate packages from standard Uzbekistan tours that will be dedicated for those who come here to explore the hunting opportunities in our country