[Explanation] Can you still fish after a ten-year ban on fishing in the Yangtze River?
How to treat the phenomenon of suspected disguised productive fishing in the waters of the Yangtze River?
On March 29, at a press conference held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Ma Yi, director of the Yangtze River Basin Fishery Administration Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, responded.
He said that traditional recreational fishing has extremely limited damage to fishery resources. What is prohibited by the 10-year fishing ban on the Yangtze River is productive fishing.
[Concurrent] Ma Yi, Director of the Fisheries Administration Office of the Yangtze River Basin, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Our 10-year ban on fishing in the Yangtze River, the so-called ban on fishing, is banning productive fishing.
Fishing is not usually for profit.
But why does this issue cause social concern?
In some places of ours, under such strict bans, there have been destructive fishing gears such as explosive hooks, string hooks, and visual anchors, as well as irregular fishing behaviors such as one person with multiple rods, one line with multiple hooks, and multiple lines with multiple hooks. .
[Explanation] Regarding irregular fishing behavior, Ma Yi introduced that it will conduct standardized management through measures such as delimiting fishing areas, standardizing fishing methods and types of bait, standardizing the disposal of catches, and clarifying fishing time.
[Concurrent] Ma Yi, Director of the Fisheries Administration Office of the Yangtze River Basin, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
The first is to delineate fishing areas, and it is clear that the protection of aquatic biological resources and the public's recreational fishing needs must be considered comprehensively.
Fishing should be prohibited in protected areas. Fishing should be strictly controlled in the Yangtze River and major tributaries and large rivers and lakes such as Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake. In other waters, fishing prohibited and permitted fishing areas should be scientifically delineated.
The second standard of fishing tackle fishing method.
All localities are required to formulate a list of permitted fishing tackles based on actual conditions, limit the number of fishing tackles, strictly prohibit the use of (seriously) fishing tackles that damage aquatic biological resources, fishing methods, various fish-finding equipment, and video auxiliary devices, and prohibit the use of boats, rafts and other water Floats for fishing.
[Explanation] Ma Yi introduced that recently the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has also organized a series of special law enforcement actions called "China Fishery Policy Liangjian 2021", requiring all localities to resolutely crack down on the use or disguised use of fishing for fishing production.
At the same time, accelerate the revision of the Fisheries Law and the Regulations on the Protection and Management of the Yangtze River Aquatic Organisms, actively promote the formulation of fishing management measures in various places, and include recreational and recreational fishing behaviors into the scope of supervision, and prevent productive and destructive fishing behaviors. Outside the door of the law, maintain the order of prohibition of fishing and protect the ecology of the waters.
Reporter Shan Lu reports from Beijing
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]