Peninsula all-media reporter Wang Bin
Long pointed beak, two rows of sharp teeth, thick and hard scales, giving people the feeling of crocodiles, swimming very fast! Recently, this kind of "strange fish" called crocodile eel rushed to the news hot search, Qingdao and many places in China have rounded up a number of such crocodile eels, it is an exotic species, known as the "top freshwater fish killer", fierce and lack of natural enemies, strong reproductive ability, can produce tens of thousands of fish eggs every year, it will not only eat the fish in the waters, food shortages may also attack humans. With this "strange fish" known to more and more people, on August 29 and 30, the reporter found in Qingdao's aquarium market survey that the public can easily buy crocodile eels in the aquarium store, according to the size of each price in the range of 20 yuan - 80 yuan, even in an e-commerce platform, as long as you enter "gar eel", etc., you can retrieve a large number of crocodile eels for sale.
Eels sold in island city aquarium stores
Island City Aquarium Market easily buys store reminders not to release
Located in the Nanshan Aquarium Market near Taitung, it is relatively large in the island city area, and there are dozens of large and small aquarium shops in and around the market, as long as there is no aquarium pet that is prohibited from being bought and sold, it can basically be "picked up" here. "This kind of fish is not sold a lot, are purchased from the south, about 20 centimeters long price of 20 yuan a piece", the owner of an aquarium store introduced to reporters, this kind of fish grows up due to the size of the body, you need to prepare a large aquarium or large pool for it to do, and this fish belongs to the meat class, feeders need to buy fish and shrimp to feed it, there is long-term economic support. When the reporter asked whether this fish would bite people? According to the store, the alligator eel is still "cute" when it is small, and it will not actively attack the feeder, but with the increase in size, it is a ferocious carnivorous animal, and it is not guaranteed that it will not attack people when there is a shortage of food.
Eels sold in island city aquarium stores
Similarly, the reporter in another shop in the Nanshan Aquarium Market, also saw the crocodile eels on sale, the size is also slightly larger than the crocodile eels in the previous store, the price of 80 yuan a piece, the store will be them with parrot fish, dragon fish, map fish and other carnivorous fish mixed together, so that feeding is more convenient, because the current sale of crocodile eels is smaller, will not pose a threat to the heterogeneous fish in the tank. The reporter also came to an aquarium shop near Dayao, where there is still a crocodile eel that is not very large for sale, priced at 80 yuan, and the owner of the store knows the news that has appeared in many places in recent days, reminding the feeder not to release it without authorization.
Eels sold in island city aquarium stores
An e-commerce platform enters "garnet" and has everything
Online shopping has become an important way for people to shop, and in recent years, many people even buy pets from online. On the same day, when the reporter entered an e-commerce shopping platform, when entering "crocodile eel", the results obtained were the model of the fish, and when the input of "garland", "ferocious fish", "large carnivorous fish", it was still easy to retrieve a large number of crocodile eels for sale, and the main map of the store was marked with "out of print", "no longer buy, can not buy", "countdown to the shelves", "only for domestic maintenance prohibited from release" and other content. According to the size of the price of each piece of the price of more than ten yuan to hundreds of yuan, from the top of the sales records of many stores, the reporter noticed that the number of payments is 1000+, 300 +, etc., many of which have posted pictures of buying crocodile eels in the product evaluation. When the reporter communicated with the store in the name of the buyer, the store informed that it may be removed from the shelves at any time, and this fish can only be raised by itself and cannot be released, and the release is illegal.
Search results on a treasure
Search results on a treasure
In a conversation with a treasure store, the seller reminds the buyer not to release the life
Unspecified ban and purchase ban Buyers and sellers "rub the edge"
When the reporter mentioned news similar to the round-up of crocodile eels in many places in China, since this fish has such a big safety hazard, why can it be sold in the store. A shopkeeper in the Nanshan Aquarium Market told reporters that there is currently no regulation that prohibits the sale and purchase of this fish, but do not release it without authorization, then it is illegal.
Mr. Liu, a citizen, is a veteran aquarium enthusiast who has raised more than ten kinds of freshwater fish such as native goldfish, luohan fish, arowana, parrot fish, etc., and has rich experience in aquarium pet breeding. He introduced to reporters that law-abiding pet lovers will pay attention to which pets are legal? What is illegal? At present, the law does not prohibit individuals from raising crocodile eels, many years ago many people in the circle like to raise crocodile eels and other large carnivorous fish, they also wanted to follow the trend to feed this fish, the price is not high The appearance feels more "retro" and "cool", because this fish needs a lot of feeding space when it grows up, when they did not have the conditions to give up this idea; If you think about it, it was fortunate that it was not fed at that time, otherwise I would not have known how to deal with it when I grew up. Mr. Liu introduced, after consulting the data to learn that the crocodile eel is native to North America, is a freshwater giant carnivorous fish, adult fish body length can generally grow to 1.5 meters, ferocious and lack of natural enemies, strong reproductive ability, can produce tens of thousands of fish eggs every year, as long as it is a living creature in the water, it is almost all-consuming, this "water killer" is at the top of the food chain.
Shandong Province: Crocodile eels are prohibited
The reporter learned in the interview that the current law does not explicitly prohibit the sale of crocodile eels, but the relevant legislation of Shandong Province has clearly prohibited the release of crocodile eels.
Provisions of Shandong Province
On July 9, 2021, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Shandong Province issued the Notice on Further Regulating and Guiding the Release (Breeding and Stocking) of Aquatic Organisms in Religious Circles on its official website, which clearly listed exotic species such as finches as prohibited species. The notice pointed out that at present, the common exotic species in Shandong Province include Brazilian turtles, bullfrogs, turbot, tilapia, crayfish, South American white shrimp, mosquito-eating fish, leather beard catfish, Fushou snail, freshwater white pomfret, scavenger, large alligator turtle, small crocodile turtle, garnet and so on. At the same time, common improved species such as jian carp, Fu Rui carp, heterogeneous silver crucian carp, goldfish, and koi are also included in the strictly prohibited stocking species.
On 31 May 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the General Administration of Customs issued the Measures for the Administration of Invasive Alien Species (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures") no. 4 of 2022, which clearly stipulates that a full-chain prevention and control system should be established, and the public should be encouraged and guided to participate in prevention and control work in accordance with the law, and no unit or individual may introduce, release or discard alien species without approval.
There are also strict provisions in the Biosecurity Law of the People's Republic of China, that is, no unit or individual may introduce, release or discard alien species without approval. If it has been introduced for various reasons, consumers or residents have been farmed, according to the law, it is not allowed to be released in the wild at will, nor can it be discarded at will. To this end, article 81 of the Biosecurity Law of the People's Republic of China also specifically stipulates strict legal liability, explicitly releasing or discarding alien species without authorization, and imposing a fine of between 10,000 and 50,000 yuan. ”
Lawyer: Arbitrary release shall bear tort liability
The Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China clearly stipulates that for acts that harm the societal public interest, such as polluting the environment and infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of many consumers, the organs and relevant organizations prescribed by law may file lawsuits with the people's courts.
In this regard, the reporter interviewed Li Yunpeng, a lawyer at Shandong Yiheng Law Firm, who introduced that with the increasingly strict legal control, the unauthorized introduction, arbitrary release, and discarding of alien species may be suspected of violating the law, or even constituting a crime. In recent days, there have been many domestic "strange fish" incidents, eels are large carnivorous fish, sharp teeth, thick and hard scales, and the release of freers will inevitably pose a serious threat to the ecological balance of rivers, seas, lakes and other waters. If the releaser arbitrarily releases wild animals, causing personal or property damage to others, the releaser shall bear tort liability; If damage to ecology, resources, and the environment is caused, the relevant organizations may initiate public interest litigation, and the procuratorate may support the public interest litigation.
Everyone must take this as a warning, jointly supervise, and bring relevant clues to the attention of the procuratorial organs and relevant ecological environmental protection departments at the first time to protect everyone's ecological homeland from destruction.