China News Service, March 26. According to the website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued a notice recently, deciding to synchronize the nine provinces (autonomous regions) along the Yellow River from April 1 to July 31, 2024. Carry out a special law enforcement action during the 2024 Yellow River fishing moratorium (hereinafter referred to as the "Special Action") to effectively maintain the order of the Yellow River's fishing moratorium and promote ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin.
The special action defines four main tasks:
The first is to crack down on illegal fishing. Keep a close eye on key links, key groups and prominent issues, continue to increase investment in law enforcement, innovate law enforcement methods, and improve the quality and effectiveness of law enforcement; strengthen the connection between executions, and strengthen environmental public interest litigation and ecological damage compensation.
The second is to implement segmented management and control of river basins. The source areas and upper reaches of the Yellow River are subject to year-round fishing bans, and regular patrols must be strengthened and full-time management and control implemented; the midstream and downstream waters are subject to periodic fishing bans, and the "three noes" of ships involved in fishing, electrotoxic fish bombing, etc. must be strictly investigated Serious violations; areas where the Haihe River intersects must focus on preventing illegal fishing by sea-going vessels against the current.
The third is to strengthen market sales supervision. Actively cooperate with market supervision and other departments to implement full-link supervision, trace the source of illegal aquatic products, and cut off the black profit chain of "catching, transportation, and sales".
The fourth is to strengthen fishing supervision. Multiple measures have been taken to strengthen the supervision and management of fishing activities, strictly investigate various fishing methods with prohibited fishing gear that damage aquatic biological resources, and prevent illegal fishing operations in the name of recreational fishing.
The two departments emphasized that carrying out special actions is an important measure to implement the Yellow River fishing moratorium system and promote ecological and environmental protection in the Yellow River Basin. The fishery administration and public security departments along the Yellow River should improve their political stance, strengthen departmental linkage and regional joint defense, and improve We will use greater efforts, more practical measures, and higher requirements to severely crack down on all types of illegal activities that violate the provisions of the Yellow River's closed fishing season to ensure that the Yellow River's closed fishing season system is implemented in place and the Yellow River's aquatic biological resources are effectively conserved.