China News Service, Chongqing, July 26 (Reporter Liu Xian) The Chongqing Development and Reform Commission announced on the 26th that the city has so far returned 4404 fishermen, accounting for 42.54% of all fishermen involved.
With the implementation of the perennial ban on fishing in the key waters of the Yangtze River Basin and the implementation of fishing fishermen’s retreat to production, three generations of fishermen Li Daiguo and his family in Jinqiao Village, Gao’an Town, Dianjiang County, Chongqing City, who have relied on fishing for their livelihoods, dismantled their home and production ships. Wash your feet and go ashore".
"We call ourselves the'last fisherman'." Li Daiguo, 53, said in an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com that his grandfathers were fishing in the Longxi River. Since the age of 11, he has been fishing with his father and shaking the boat. , Along the Longxi River, up to Chongqing Liangping, down to Changshou, every time I leave home for ten and a half months, relying on fishing to support family life.
However, since 1997, as the rural population has gradually poured into the town, there are more and more residents in Gaoanchang Town, and the environmental pollution caused is also getting more and more serious. Paper mills, chemical plants, and breeding farms were built along the Longxi River, which also polluted the river. By 2007 and 2008, Longxi River became a stinking ditch. "The scales of the fish caught are all black, and the inside is also black after being cut open." Li Daiguo said, it becomes more and more difficult to fish after the river is polluted.
The local area began to make great efforts to control the pollution of Longxi River, including clearing the river, patrolling the river, and managing and protecting aquatic resources.
Li Daiguo also retired from fishermen's catch and switched to production and became a member of the river patrol team to manage and protect aquatic resources. After "washing feet and going ashore", he lives a waged life. Although he earns less than his income from fishing, Li Daiguo understands that protecting aquatic biodiversity and maintaining ecological balance are great things that benefit future generations and must be supported unconditionally.
Starting from January 1, 2020, Chongqing Aquatic Life Reserve and related waters in the main urban area have implemented a comprehensive ban on catching. According to data from the Chongqing Development and Reform Commission, up to now, Chongqing has retired 3,403 fishing vessels and 4643 fishing retreat agreements have been signed, accounting for 63.3% and 86.3% of the total three-year mission respectively. 4404 fishermen have been withdrawn, accounting for 42.54% of all fishermen involved. Among the 4404 people who have been retired, 4267 have been employed, accounting for 96.89% of the fishermen who have retired. The pension insurance coverage covers 2691 people, accounting for 61.10% of the fishermen who retreat.
In the next step, Chongqing will carry out in-depth special rectification actions, accelerate the cleanup and rectification of the Yangtze River's shoreline utilization project, complete a new round of surveys of the Yangtze River's sewage outfalls and carry out corresponding rectification actions, and basically complete the "three phosphorus" (referring to phosphate mines). , Phosphorous chemical industry and phosphogypsum reservoirs) rectification tasks, small hydropower clean-up and rectification work, promote special afforestation and greening on both sides of the Yangtze River, strengthen the construction of green mines, consolidate the results of special rectification of illegal docks and illegal sand mining on the mainstream of the Yangtze River, and further promote the ban on catching and retreating in the Yangtze River Basin Catch work.