China News Service, Beijing, June 4 (Guo Chaokai) A reporter learned from the Ministry of Public Security of China on the 4th that the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs have recently jointly held a video conference to deploy in-depth special rectification actions against illegal fishing in the Yangtze River Basin.
Since the beginning of this year, local public security agencies have detected 2,278 criminal cases involving illegal fishing in the Yangtze River Basin.
It is understood that since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs have carried out several special deployments in conjunction with relevant departments, and successively organized and carried out 5 simultaneous law enforcement actions in river basins.
Local public security agencies continued to crack down on illegal fishing criminal activities in accordance with the law. They have solved 2,278 criminal cases involving fishing, arrested 3,966 criminal suspects, destroyed 192 criminal gangs, and seized more than 110,000 kilograms of fish caught in the case.
Agricultural and rural departments in various regions have stepped up law enforcement and supervision. A total of 5,106 cases were investigated, 5522 persons involved were seized, 1,139 persons were judicially transferred, 5,429 "three-nos" fishing vessels were cleared, 126,000 illegal nets were cleared, and 930 vessels involved were seized. Ship.
Lin Rui, member of the Party Committee and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Public Security of China, pointed out that in the past year since the launch of the special rectification action, with the joint efforts of various localities and departments, the arrest ban has achieved initial results.
Public security agencies at all levels must plan in advance and make careful arrangements in accordance with the actual situation of the "one river, two lakes and seven rivers" in the Yangtze River Basin that has officially entered a comprehensive ban on fishing, the expansion of banned waters, and the seasonal characteristics of illegal fishing, and coordinated with relevant departments to implement precise policies. , Effectively eradicate the breeding ground for illegal fishing, and resolutely cut off the underground industrial chain of illegal fishing, transportation and sales.
Ma Youxiang, a member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, emphasized that "banning fishing" is one of the key tasks in this year's work on agriculture, rural areas and farmers, and is one of the six "keywords" for the country's agricultural and rural work during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.
It is necessary to have a clear understanding of the long-term, arduous and complex nature of the “ten-year ban on fishing” in the Yangtze River, promote the standardized construction of law enforcement on the ban on fishing, and resolutely win the protracted battle of the “ten-year ban on fishing” in the Yangtze River.
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