Illegal hunting and fishing are punishable by Administrative Code in Armenia. However, the size of the administrative penalty is so small that people hunting and fishing illegally prefer to pay fines and continue as if nothing had happened. This is facilitated by the fact that the income from illegal hunting and fishing is much higher than the amount attributed to administrative fines.

Today November 18, the Armenian government, adopted a legislative initiative, under which stipulated penalties almost doubled, although they still remain quite small.