Recently, CBCGDF’s FDY Fish Protection Center (Oppose Electro Fishing Union) received a letter from the Yangtze River Fishery Supervision and Management Office of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and invited the Center to participate in the Special Seminar of “Concentration Discussion on the Action Against Electro Fishing” to be held in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province on August 31st. Zhu Kai, the person in charge of the Center, was invited to participate.
The letter wrote, the launch of the special seminar to combat electro fishing, is to implement the “China Fishery Sword 2018” series in the spirit of the instructions in the “Report on CCTV ‘Rejection of Electro Fishing’ New Report on July 12”. The smooth implementation of the special enforcement actions ensures that the actions against electro fishing are effective.
CBCGDF’s FDY Fish Protection Center is an important civil force and has great efforts in the Oppose Electro Fishing operation. According to the preliminary statistics of Zhu Kai, the person in charge of the Center, in 2017, only the number of the cases of illegal sales of electro fishing equipment on the Tencent platform reported by the volunteers of the Center is more than 100. In 2018, the Center successfully used the network and local fishery administration departments to crack more than 20 illegal electro fishing cases in Shimian, Sichuan Province, Shishou, Hubei Province, Huizhou, Guangdong Province, and Zidong, Sichuan Province, etc., effectively maintaining aquatic habitats and the balance of ecological resources.
Zhu Kai said, “At present, the illegal sale of electro fishing equipment on the Internet is very common. There are regulatory loopholes in this area, which has led to illegal electro fishing in various places.” This is also the original intention of this special seminar.
According to the relevant provisions of the Fishery Law of the People’s Republic of China, it is forbidden to use the means of destroying fishery resources, such as electricity, poison, or explosion, to carry out fishing operations. For those involved in illegal activities, the catch, illegal proceeds and fishing gear will be confiscated and punishable. A fine of not more than 50,000 yuan; if a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated. Persons who illegally manufacture and sell tools and articles used for illegal fishing will be fined not more than 10,000 yuan in addition to the confiscation of illegally manufactured fishing gear and sales proceeds.
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