Recently, the Research Office of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) received a work summary carried out by volunteers of the Mother River protection of Songhuajiang from the Conservation Area in Sun Island (Taiyang Island) Bund Wetland.
Harbin Ecological Protection Volunteer team was formally established in April 2018, and officially applied for the establishment of the Bund Wetland of Sun Island, a Conservation Area of Wetland of CBCGDF in 2019. Up to now, the volunteer team has more than 50 volunteers regularly participating in the action.
Since the start of the fishing ban in 2020, volunteers have teamed up with the Fishery Dept of Harbin New District Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Corps to implement the Mother River protection plan of Songhuajiang. For three consecutive years, it has carried out actions in conjunction with Harbin Agriculture and Rural Bureau, Fisheries administration and urban departments to jointly create a "government + people + media" ecological protection model of Songhuajiang.
From January to July this year, under the guidance of Fishery Administration Office of Harbin Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the volunteer team cooperated with various law enforcement departments to carry out the ecological protection plan of Songhuajiang Basin. A total of 32 patrol operations were carried out, covering Songhuajiang, Harbin Songbei and Binxian sections, as well as river sections of Hulan River, Songbei Hanhe River and Bayanjiangbei Village, with 418 volunteers participating. Patrol vehicles were dispatched 113 times, covering more than 1,500 kilometers. A total of 914 fishing tools were cleaned up and destroyed in the operation, including 249 hangers, 536 ground cages, 4 baskets, 100 flower baskets, 21 curtains, 3 large coils and 1 shrimp net. About 1,920 kilograms of fish were rescued and released, and about 100 leaflets were distributed to villagers along the coast.
In the past three years, the volunteer team has cooperated with the Fishery Administration Department of Harbin Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and achieved remarkable results in the ecological protection plan of Songhuajiang Basin. A total of 82 patrol operations were carried out, covering the Songhuajiang, Harbin Songbei and Binxian River sections, Hulan River and Songbei Han River sections, etc. Volunteers participated in 1,522 person-times, and 521 patrol vehicles were dispatched, covering a total of 9,800 kilometers and 2,366 pieces of fishing tools were cleaned. Volunteers save and release fishes and turtles and other fish catch of about 13735 pounds, 19 waterfowl released, harmless treatment of 28 dead waterfowl, and to the villagers along the coast for publicity. Volunteers reported one grazing clue of wetland along the river to Wetland Administration Bureau and assisted functional departments to participate in a survey of fishing sheds along the river.
Volunteers will continue to spare no effort to organize patrol activities and take practical actions to protect the ecological environment of Songhuajiang Basin wetland.
Original Chinese Article: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/nATBQdW1LAyn3H6qZ7-SDA
Translator: Lucy
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Editor: Lucy
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