Since January 1, 2021, the mainland has officially implemented a 10-year fishing ban on the Yangtze River, and it has been more than three years. After recuperation, while there are more fish in the Yangtze River Basin, it also attracts the coveting of lawbreakers. From January to June 2023, a criminal gang with a clear division of labor illegally fished and sold aquatic products in the key waters of the Yangtze River Basin, Zhuhu Lake. In February 2024, the Wujin District People's Procuratorate filed a civil public interest lawsuit attached to the criminal case against the nine people involved in the case.
Case review
In the early morning of June 7, 2023, Li, together with Sun and Xie, drove a boat to the waters of Zhuhu Lake, used triple gillnets to catch catches, and then handed over the catches to Xu for sale. When Xu was loading the catch and was about to drive away, he was caught red-handed by the police.
After the four people arrived at the case, they confessed that between January and June 2023, the defendant Li modified his private boat even though he knew that the lake was in a fishing ban period, and together with Sun and Xie, he used a triple gillnet to illegally fish aquatic products in the waters of the lake, and sold the catch to the defendant Xu, who purchased it and then transported it to Yixing, and sold it to Wan and five others at a higher price for illegal benefits.
Zhang Jie, an assistant procurator who participated in the handling of the case, said that after the review of the procuratorate, as of the time of the case, the gang had illegally fished and sold a total of 55,825.45 kilograms of fish in the waters of the lake through the above methods, including 50,445 kilograms of silver carp, 4,970 kilograms of silver carp, 206.2 kilograms of white fish, 55.45 kilograms of yellow catfish, 49 kilograms of bream, 1.15 kilograms of eel, and 98.65 kilograms of other fish, with a total value of 469,536.6 yuan.
Recently, the procuratorate filed a civil public interest lawsuit attached to the criminal case against nine people. In the end, the court sentenced three fishermen, including Li, and Xu, a long-term buyer and seller, to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 2 to 11 months for the crime of illegally fishing aquatic products, and sentenced five traders who received stolen goods to criminal detention ranging from 6 months to 5 months and a fine for the crime of covering up and concealing criminal proceeds. At the same time, the nine defendants were sentenced to jointly and severally compensate for the loss of ecological resources, totaling more than 960,000 yuan.
Fishery experts said
Triple gillnets are used during closed fishing periods
Illegal fishing of aquatic products in the waters of the lake
It will threaten the fishery resources and aquatic biodiversity of the lake
Destroy the integrity of the aquatic food chain and food web in the lake
Endangering the function and safety of the ecosystem in the waters of the lake
Link to popular law
In December 2019, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued the "Several Regulations on the Protection of Fishery Resources in Zhuhu Lake in Jiangsu Province", which pointed out: "The fishing ban period for the whole lake is from 0:00 on January 1 to 24:00 on August 31 every year, and all fishing activities are prohibited except for licensed fishing." From 0:00 on September 1 to 24:00 on September 14 every year, the fishing period is restricted, and fishing is prohibited. ”
Reporter: Li Yan
Editor: Yu Qianwen
Review: Lu Weidong Lingyun
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