Guangming Daily, Beijing, February 28. Reporter Chen Chen learned from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs that inland waters such as the Pearl River, Huaihe River, Qiantang River, and Minjiang River implemented a spring fishing ban system from 0:00 on March 1 to 24:00 on June 30. During this period, all fishing operations except recreational fishing and leisure fisheries are prohibited. On February 28, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs carried out a synchronous deployment of joint law enforcement actions for spring fishing bans in related waters in Zhaoqing, Guangdong, Huainan, Anhui, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and Fuzhou, Fujian.
The spring fishing ban is an important measure to allow aquatic biological resources to recuperate and promote the sustainable development of fisheries. During the spring fishing ban, local fishery administrative departments will improve the law enforcement mechanism, deepen coordination and coordination with public security, maritime, market supervision and other departments, strengthen formation law enforcement, strengthen joint logistics cooperation between upstream and downstream, left and right banks, rivers, lakes and reservoirs; increase law enforcement efforts, strengthen daily inspections and special rectification, water open inspections and land secret visits, law enforcement special management and patrol group management, severe punishment and publicity and education, strengthen inspections in waters such as cross-provincial borders, high incidence of cases, frequent public opinion, and concentrated reporting clues, and investigate and punish all kinds of illegal fishing behaviors in accordance with the law; go deep into fishing villages in fishing areas to carry out spring fishing ban policies publicity to create a good fishing ban atmosphere. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will increase efforts to investigate and supervise secretly, supervise the listing and supervision, and urge all localities to effectively implement local responsibilities, strengthen law enforcement and supervision during the spring fishing ban, protect aquatic biological resources and the ecological environment of the waters, and promote the green and sustainable development of fisheries.
The Pearl River, Huaihe River, Qiantang River, Minjiang River, etc. are important inland water systems in my country and play an important role in aquatic biodiversity and ecological environment protection. Among them, there are 659 fish recorded in the Pearl River monitoring, and 115 fish recorded in the Huaihe River monitoring.
