"One year or two a year, ten pounds a year" catfish are not only rare fish species unique to Qinghai Lake, but also precious water elves. In recent years, although our province has stepped up its efforts to combat poaching of catfish, we have also seen that the illegal sale of catfish in the Dashuiqiao and Xiananguan markets has been repeatedly banned. There are even media reports that Qinghai catfish have been sold to Lanzhou, Gansu . With the arrival of the peak tourist season in Qinghai, what are the difficulties in cracking down on poaching of catfish? Please see this issue of "People's Livelihood Dialogue".
Reporter: Since 2001, our province has implemented zero-fishing measures to protect catfish. Now this work has entered the second decade. What kind of work has been done as a team of guarding "elves" and how effective are they?
He Xiaolin: In order to protect catfish, the provincial governments at all levels hold special lake closure fish breeding conferences each year to arrange the deployment of lake closure work. Departments at all levels have signed a “target responsibility letter” to ensure that all measures for lake closure fish breeding are implemented. . And actively carry out the "protection catfish" publicity month activities, through television, radio, organize personnel to go around the lake villages and communities, extensively carry out publicity and education work, create a good social atmosphere, and win the support of the majority of cadres and masses. Strengthen the supervision and inspection of the fishery administrative departments of the prefectures and counties to ensure that all protection measures are put in place. And organize various special operations to severely crack down on various illegal and criminal activities. Last year, a total of more than 1,300 catties were seized during the first illegal action to crack down on the illegal sale of catfish. In the summer special operation, 12 people were detained administratively and 13 were sentenced. In addition, more than 6,000 kilograms of catfish have been confiscated, and 41 illegally operated catfish restaurants (private dishes) have been investigated and punished.
In addition to cracking down on illegal poaching and selling of catfish, we also promote and protect catfish in Xining City, 151 Scenic Spots, Bird Island, Taer Temple, schools and major media. Today, the masses have been able to report illegally selling catfish.
Thanks to everyone's efforts, at the beginning of this year, the naked carp resources in Qinghai Lake reached 39,000 tons, an increase of 8885 tons compared with 2010.
Reporter: What are the salient features of poached catfish? From poaching, trafficking, and sales, has a black industry chain been formed?
He Xiaolin: In the past two years, a large number of poaching activities have decreased, but individual poaching, illegal processing and illegal sale of catfish still exist. In the punishment for poaching and illegal sale of catfish, we are sentenced according to the quantity and the crime of damaging aquatic resources. The general poaching behavior will be sentenced to several months in prison, and severe cases can be sentenced to several years in prison.
The cost of poaching is low, and it is also a feature that poachers prefer to take risks. If one hundred catties were stolen overnight and sold on the market, the profit would be several hundred to thousands of yuan depending on the size of the fish. Entering the restaurant, the profit would be even more.
Many of the arresters and illegal salespeople captured by law enforcement officers also regretted their arrests, but the high-interest trading made them punished and arrested again and again and again and again. For this group of people, we will also educate and guide them while punishing them, and educate them about the preciousness of catfish resources.
During the punishment process, we found that from theft, trafficking, and sales, some interest groups do have a black chain and a clear division of labor. For such a black chain, it will immediately strike once found.
Reporter: Why the illegal sale of catfish in Dashuiqiao and Xiananguan markets has been repeatedly banned?
He Xiaolin: The restaurant near Dashuiqiao is located between Haixi and Gonghe, far from the local fishery administration. Last year, during the peak tourist season, we conducted six or seven large inspections. In order to severely crack down on the illegal sale of catfish, we specially mobilized law enforcement officers from various counties and counties to enter restaurants for surprise inspections. In one operation, five restaurants were investigated and punished.
In the Dashuiqiao restaurant, the price of a plate of three or four small catfish is around 180 yuan. If the catfish is large, the asking price is higher. On the one hand, it is tempting benefits, and on the other hand, the requirements of tourists. The restaurant owner would rather risk selling for his own business. For this reason, some restaurant owners also hide catfish in hidden places such as cellars and kennels, which makes investigations more difficult. The illegal sale of catfish in these areas has been repeatedly driven by interests.
Reporter: What is the biggest difficulty in fighting the poaching of catfish?
He Xiaolin: In the management of Qinghai Lake, due to the large area of the lake, there are fewer law enforcement personnel, which makes enforcement difficult. The total area of Qinghai Lake is more than 4,200 square kilometers, and the shoreline is 360 kilometers long. There are only more than 70 fishermen in the four counties around the lake. On average, each fisherman must manage more than 50 square kilometers of lake surface and nearly 5 kilometers of shoreline In particular, during the spawning season of naked carp in Qinghai Lake, 695 kilometers around the lake are mainly spawning rivers. If naked carps are spawning in one-third of the river, more than 200 kilometers of spawning grounds need to be managed and managed. .
During the law enforcement process, law enforcement officers sometimes encounter situations of violent resistance to law, anti-tracking and night poaching, which are also difficult points in the law enforcement process. Last year, law enforcement officers detected catfish near the Heima River. Within a few seconds, catfish were hidden. The restaurant owner also took the lead in arguing with law enforcement officials, causing many people to watch and cheat. Sometimes there are too few law enforcement personnel, and violence against the law is often encountered during law enforcement.
In addition, as soon as law enforcement personnel are dispatched, they will also be arrested by traffickers and counter-tracked by traffickers. When a law enforcement vehicle exited the gate, two or three tracking vehicles followed, and when the wind and grass moved slightly, someone would report.
In winter, as the lake freezes, the roads leading to the lake extend in all directions, and it is more difficult for fishermen to defend, especially when they encounter poachers. When you go to investigate, the poachers will risk their lives and go to the center of the lake. For local safety, for the sake of personnel safety, sometimes law enforcement officers can only give up tracing. In the summer, when the poachers found the fishermen, they ran to deep water to avoid the blow.
With the intensification of the crackdown, poachers are now operating at night. Beware of night poaching becomes a difficult point in fishery administration, because night poaching is not only related to the safety of the poachers but also to the safety of law enforcement officers. Law enforcement officers only squatted in advance where the poachers appeared and stayed in the middle of the night. However, once the poachers found them, they immediately abandoned the car and fled. Because it is late at night, the probability of danger is very high.
Obsolete vehicles in the fishery administration and lack of necessary facilities are also one of the factors restricting law enforcement. Especially in winter, the poachers rode on three-wheeled motorcycles to go to the lake seventy-eight kilometers away from the lake shore. Sometimes the fishermen sometimes walked to the lake to draw nets, and sometimes they risked their lives. Suspicious snatchers are worn out motorcycles to hunt down snatchers.
Reporter: The private house restaurant has become a new place to hide and sell catfish illegally, and it is also a difficult point to investigate and deal with the illegal sale of catfish. How will law enforcement departments respond to this situation?
He Xiaolin: Private restaurants are difficult to investigate and deal with because of hidden factors. Last year, we conducted a thorough investigation of private house restaurants in Xining and punished some private house restaurants that sold catfish illegally. This phenomenon has been curbed.
At present, there is no precise statistics on the specific number of private restaurants. We are trying to find out and investigate. During the inspection of the private house restaurants, we also encountered difficulties in reporting to the gatekeepers in the community, not allowing them to enter, etc., but in order to avoid the momentum of illegal sales of catfish in private houses restaurants, this year, we still use private houses Key points of investigation.
Reporter: Last year, some media reported that catfish had been sold to Lanzhou. What do you think about this?
He Xiaolin: Two years ago, there were individual criminals who secretly sold catfish to markets such as Lanzhou. The leaders of the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry attached great importance to this phenomenon. On March 5 this year, the leaders of the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry specifically held a seminar on this issue at the Gansu Provincial Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry. Crack down on illegal fishing, trafficking, processing and marketing of catfish.
Provincial Fishery Management Station and Gansu Provincial Fishery Management Station will carry out publicity and joint law enforcement inspections in Lanzhou City in the near future, strengthen publicity efforts, jointly launch special operations to protect catfish, create a social atmosphere to protect catfish, and curb illegal trafficking in the Gansu market The phenomenon of selling catfish.
Reporter: With the arrival of the tourist season, what key arrangements will be made this year to avoid the reappearance of the 湟 湟 之 殇?
He Xiaolin: This year, we will launch a special law enforcement action on lake closure and fish breeding in summer from the end of April to the end of August in conjunction with the Provincial Forestry Public Security Bureau's “2014 Skynet Action” and the province ’s annual promotion of fishery administration management. The operations are divided into Hunan Action Team, Hubei Action Team, Market Inspection Team, Inspector and Special Task Force. It mainly cooperates with fishery law enforcement departments of cities and counties to carry out law enforcement inspections on lakes, key rivers, key sections, markets and restaurants, effectively curbing illegal fishing, Trafficking and sales of catfish. In addition, we will focus on cracking down on people who have been engaged in fishing, trafficking, and sales of catfish for a long time, and strive to investigate and handle several cases with big influence, so that catfish can be effectively protected during spawning.
● Why is the sale of catfish around Dashuiqiao repeatedly banned? ● It is difficult to investigate catfish banquets in private restaurants ● How long is the black industry chain when catfish are sold in Lanzhou
◆ Interviewer: He Xiaolin, Director of the General Administration of Fishery Management of Qinghai Provincial Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry ◆ Interviewer: Cai Yawen