A.   Brief Introduction about FDY Fish Protection Center

The CBCGDF FDY Fish Protection Center (Oppose Electro Fishing Union), headquartered in Zigong City, Sichuan Province, was launched and officially founded in March 2017 at the initiative of Mr. Zhu Kai. It is a non-profit public welfare group established with the consent of CBCGDF to resist illegal fishing, to protect indigenous fish species, to protect aquatic animals, and to protect water resources.

At present, 11,000 environmental protection volunteers have joined, and 45 volunteer service stations have been set up, bringing together oppose electro fishing volunteers from 12 provinces and cities and nearly 70 counties and cities nationwide. It is the first professional public welfare group in China that resists illegal fishing and protection of aquatic animals.

The core tasks of the Center are:

1.    Resist the use of electro fishing, poisonous baits, explosions and other illegal fishing practices to protect aquatic animals.

2.    Organize patrols and protect natural waters, provide clues to illegal activities to relevant departments, and participate in helping to combat illegal fishing.

3.    Establish an oppose electro fishing volunteer action network.

4.    Advocate and promote public participation, publicize and popularize aquatic animal protection knowledge.

B.   Riding the Wind and Breaking the Waves, Going Upstream.

Since its establishment, the Center has made positive contributions to local fishery protection and environmental protection by organizing volunteer patrols, publicity and assistance to relevant government departments. The total patrol mileage exceeded 120,000 kilometers. A total of more than 3,300 illegal electro fishing personnel were arrested, and more than 2,800 sets of electro fishing equipment and more than 4,700 illegal nets were seized. The relevant departments of many cities were successfully assisted. The rampant situation of illegal fishers has been hit to a high degree.

During this period, a proposal for amending the Fisheries Law and the Criminal Law was written and handed over to Ms. Zhang Fengying, a representative of the National People’s Congress. She was jointly represented by four representatives and submitted to the National People’s Congress for consideration. At the end of 2017, the Center began to collect the relevant information on issues of illegal sales of electro fishing equipment on the Internet, and reported and negotiated with many e-commerce platforms. The online environment has been improved. Positive achievements in the protection of aquatic animals in China have been made! In 2018, the Oppose Electro Fishing Uninon was invited to participate in the “2018 Fishery Sword” launching ceremony and the “Save the Yangtze River” launching ceremony organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China. In August, the head of the Center, Mr. Zhu Kai, as the sole representative of the civil society, participated in the workshop on combating electro fishing special action organized by the Yangtze River Fishery Supervision and Management Office of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and obtained high praise and recognition of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, leaders of the local agricultural departments and masses and the media in various regions.

C.   Making Determined Efforts, Keeping up with the Times

The Center is actively working to build a big data tool that is closely related to aquatic animal protection. It is a professional big data tool that integrate five aspects: monitoring illegal incidents on rivers and lakes, data collection of aquatic animal activities, one-click supervision and reporting, all-round patrol and recording functions, and aquatic animal science education. It is also the only professional analyzing software in China that focuses on combating illegal fishing. This analyzing tool also incorporates the development of an automatic fish identification intelligent system that provides a convenient science experience for popularizing aquatic animal knowledge. This big data software monitors and collects data from rivers and lakes and conducts automatic professional analysis and evaluation of illegal fishing situations and illegal fishing times periods. It can become an effective auxiliary tool used by relevant departments for decision-making and can also become aquatic animals. It can also become a general-purpose software for various aquatic animal protection public welfare teams. The software is expected to be officially launched in mid-November 2018, which will definitely play a positive role in promoting aquatic animal protection.

The Founder of the OEFU Mr. Zhu Kai (left)

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By / Niu Jingmei