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fixed capital made it possible to yield the production for almost 9.1 roubles every year. This was a considerable replenishment of the budget. Thus, in 1913, the profit of fishing constituted 5 percent in the state budget By the beginning of the 20th century, Russian fishing industry has passed the first stage of its development, the development of fish resources of inland waters, of the migrating fish of the Volga and Don rivers. However, it remained a cottage industry with the use of manual labor, primitive fishing- tackle, with backward technology and the methods of fish processing. Moreover, the fishery in Russia was a completely seasonal branch of industry. But, all the same, the active use of fish resources led to a decrease in the inland water fish supply by 77 percent during the twenty years preceding the First World War. And this occurred under the condition when Russia practically did not spend its water resources. The construction of hydroelectric power stations was not begun yet, there were no irrigation systems, the chemical, oil-refining and timber industries were not developed. Unfortunately, the tsarist government in Russia did not stimulate the development of the fishing industry in remote seas. Instead of developing the home fishing industry in the North and Far East, the government abolished the duty on the imported fish. The purchase of fish from foreign firms during the twenty years preceding the First World War became twice as large and constituted almost a third of the home catch. In 1890,1157.0 thousand centners of fish were imported from Norway to Russia, and in 1913 it amounted to 3683.0 thousand centners, whereas the catch at home in 1913 was slightly more than 300 thousand centners. On the whole, the catch in the regions of the North and the Far East constituted only 13.2 percent of the total catch in the country. Immediately after the October Revolution, the catch of fish in Russia fell down drastically. In 1917 it was 1.7 million centners. One of the main tasks of the Soviet Power was to provide the army and the population with food products. The creation of a food fund became a task number one. The resolution of the All-Russia Council of the National Economy established a Chief Administration of Fisheries and Fish Industry (Glassvryba) under the People’s Commissariat of Foodstuffs.in December 9,1918, The main tasks it faced were the restoration of fishing, the increase in the catch of fish and sea animals, the formation and protection of restricted areas, the control of obeying the fishing laws, the distribution of fishing tackles, the organization of reception and processing of fish, the repair of fishing-boats, the control of the output of fish products, and the elaboration of firm prices for fish products. The establishment of Glavryba initiated the making of the new state fishing industry. The Decree of February 26,1920, extended and elaborated the functions of Glavryba and its branches in the provinces. The Decree “On the Protection of Fishing and Animal Hunting Grounds on the Arctic Ocean and the White sea” was signed on May 24, 1920. This decree established a 12-mile zone of territorial waters. A White Sea Administration for Fishery and Animal Hunting was established in Arkhangelsk in February 26,1920. In order to organize industrial fishing on the state level, the Administration was 1 2