From May 10 to May 14, the Xiangxi Prefecture Agricultural Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau and the Huayuan, Longshan, Fenghuang and other counties agricultural comprehensive administrative law enforcement bureaus carried out fishery law enforcement operations in Huayuan County, Longshan County and Fenghuang County, effectively protecting the ecological environment of the natural waters of the whole prefecture and promoting the construction of ecological civilization in fishery waters.
Prohibited fishing gear was investigated and punished on the spot.
During the operation, law enforcement personnel conducted law enforcement inspections of fishing tackle sales stores in 3 counties and 12 townships, focusing on whether fishing tackle shops implemented the provisions prohibiting the sale of prohibited fishing gear products, fishing tools, poisonous fish drugs, etc. as required, introduced the policies and regulations prohibiting the manufacture, sale and use of prohibited fishing gear to merchants, and publicized and educated merchants on the importance of protecting fishery resources and the harm of illegal acts such as electric fishing, and filed cases against shops that still sold banned fishing gear A total of 20 fishing tackle shops were inspected in this operation, more than 1,200 sets of prohibited fishing gear were confiscated, and more than 300 people were popularized on the spot.
Promptly discourage illegal acts.
During this operation, law enforcement personnel also inspected the Brother River in Huayuan County, the Car Wash River in Longshan County, and the Tuojiang River Basin in Fenghuang County in carrying out illegal and criminal acts such as "electric poisoning and frying" fish, illegal fishing and illegal fishing such as ground cages and "barrage nets." In the Longshan County Wash River Big Fin Squid National Aquatic Germplasm Resources Conservation Area, 2 people were investigated and punished for illegal fishing, and education on illegal fishing and legal popularization was carried out on the spot, and fishing tackle was confiscated. In the Xinshuang Reservoir in Liye Town, an 80-year-old man was found to be fishing with an "umbrella cage", and law enforcement officers dissuaded him in time on the spot, publicized the relevant "illegal fishing" policies to the elderly, and confiscated the prohibited fishing gear at the scene.
Law enforcement officers inspect catering establishments.
Law enforcement officials also inspected some catering establishments and spread the serious consequences of illegal fishing and selling aquatic products to operators. In the next step, the State Agricultural Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau will continue to carry out normalized inspections of fishing gear markets and key waters, continuously strengthen the source management of illegal fishing gear sales, severely crack down on and investigate and deal with the sale of prohibited fishing gear and illegal fishing in accordance with the law, and protect the green mountains and green waters of Xiangxi Prefecture with practical actions.