China News Service, March 22. At a press conference held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on March 22, Liu Xinzhong, director of the Fisheries and Fisheries Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, introduced that in 2023, we will continue to severely punish all types of fishing-related violations and investigate and deal with them. There were 66,000 cases of violations and 75,000 fishery-related violations, an increase of 27% and 34% respectively year-on-year.
Liu Xinzhong introduced that in order to further standardize fishery production activities, improve the level of fishery production safety, strengthen the ecological environment protection of fishery waters, and promote the high-quality development and modernization of fisheries, in 2023, for the seventh consecutive year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will organize local fishery and fishery administration departments and The fishery administration and fishing port supervision and management agency launched a series of special law enforcement actions called "China's Fishery Administration Sword".
"Bright Sword 2023" consists of a year-round ban on fishing in key waters of the Yangtze River Basin, a summer fishing moratorium in the ocean, a ban on fishing in key inland waters such as the Yellow River, a severe crackdown on acts that damage aquatic wildlife resources, and the clean-up and banning of "three noes" vessels and "extreme household nets" involved in fishing. It consists of ten special law enforcement actions, including a heavy crackdown on electric fish, fishing-related vessel approval, construction, inspection and supervision, standardizing the use of aquaculture inputs, foreign-related fishery supervision, and source control of fishery production safety.
Liu Xinzhong pointed out that over the past year, fishery administration departments at all levels and fishery administration and fishing port supervision and management agencies, in accordance with the unified arrangements of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, have focused on law enforcement, cracked down on illegal activities, and achieved remarkable results. It is manifested in the following aspects.
First, the effectiveness of law enforcement is more prominent. Adhere to the strictest supervision and strictest law enforcement, and continue to severely punish all types of fishing-related violations. Strength investment continued to increase, with a total of 3.32 million law enforcement personnel, 687,000 law enforcement vehicles, and 270,000 law enforcement vessels dispatched throughout the year, a year-on-year increase of 18.3%, 7.7%, and 3.8% respectively. The intensity of case handling has been significantly enhanced, with 66,000 illegal and illegal cases investigated and dealt with, and 75,000 fishery-related illegal persons, an increase of 27% and 34% respectively year-on-year, and the effectiveness of the crackdown has been significantly improved. Cleaned up and banned 18,000 "three noes" vessels related to fishing, 837,000 illegal nets (tops), confiscated 5,021 electric fish equipment (sets), held 6,084 centralized destruction activities, "Juehu.com", "Electric Poison Fraud", etc. Fishing activities that seriously damaged fishery resources have been effectively curbed. There were 3,571 cases transferred to judicial organs for criminal investigation, involving 5,172 persons, a year-on-year decrease of 30% and 27% respectively. Major fishing-related illegal and criminal activities decreased significantly.
Second, departmental linkage continues to deepen. We will continue to work closely with the public security, market supervision, coast guard and other departments to carry out joint logistics and information sharing. We will work with the public security and market supervision departments to carry out special enforcement of fishing bans in the Yangtze River Basin, and jointly with public security to carry out special enforcement of fishing bans in the Yellow River. , Coast Guard deployed to carry out special law enforcement for the marine fishing moratorium. The mechanism of law enforcement cooperation has been continuously deepened, the level has been continuously improved, and the scope has been continuously expanded. In joint law enforcement operations, law enforcement agencies from all regions deployed carefully and cooperated closely. They dared to show their swords and overcome difficulties, making contributions to maintaining fishery production order, protecting fishery resources, ensuring the safety of fishermen's lives and property, and safeguarding national fishery rights and interests. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, together with the Ministry of Public Security and the China Coast Guard, commended 173 collectives and 279 individuals who have made outstanding achievements in the fishery law enforcement series of special operations in 2023.
Third, law enforcement effectiveness continues to improve. Take multiple measures to comprehensively improve law enforcement and supervision capabilities. We strengthened personnel training, strengthened guidance on local law enforcement and case handling, carried out drills for key fishery law enforcement personnel, and opened a lecture hall on the "Ten Years of Fishing Ban in the Yangtze River", with more than 24,000 people participating in the training on-site or online. Improve case-handling skills, organize the 2023 National Fishery Law Enforcement Case File Review, and report 116 outstanding case files to further standardize law enforcement procedures and improve the quality of case handling. Strengthen support and guarantee, and establish an expert database on fishery laws, regulations and fishery law enforcement of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs to provide intellectual support for policy formulation and industry management. Promote the modernization of equipment, strictly implement the guiding standards for fishery law enforcement equipment, and promote the application of new technologies, new equipment, and new means. Broadly publicize coverage. Carry out law enforcement publicity through multiple channels and forms to create a good social atmosphere. Released 14 typical cases of marine fishing moratoriums during the winter season to increase deterrence against illegal and criminal elements.
Liu Xinzhong pointed out that during the "Bright Sword 2023" law enforcement process, various localities seriously investigated and dealt with a number of illegal cases and severely punished a number of illegal personnel, effectively safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of fishermen and the order of fishery production. In order to further strengthen warning education and enhance legal deterrence, we screened out 20 typical cases of fishing vessels such as "Ji Mou Fishing 03899" that violated the regulations of the closed fishing season, illegally fished, and purchased prohibited catches, and listed eight typical cases of China's fishery administration's law enforcement published in the form.