Renovating the "Household net" to ensure the Sustainable Utilization of Fishery Resources

At present, driven by economic interests, different forms of "isolated nets" are still used in specific waters and specific periods of time in some places, and it is still common to use prohibited fishing gear and "three nots" vessels to engage in fishing illegally. In response to this, Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu said a few days ago that he would clean up and renovate the work of "no-household nets" and "three nothing" vessels involved in fishing with an iron fist, and strengthen the source management of fishing vessel repair and gear production enterprises.

The "isolated net" originally refers to a fishing net with a very small mesh and a diameter of about one or two centimeters. This kind of fishing net will catch all the large and small fish in one net. The long-term use of this kind of fishing gear will cause devastating damage to fishery resources. Over the past year, various localities have carried out a campaign to renovate the "isolated household network" and achieved phased results. By the end of March this year, nearly 30,000 vessels involved in fishing violations of various types had been investigated and dealt with, and 350000 illegal fishing gear such as "isolated nets" had been cleared, effectively curbing the use of illegal fishing gear and illegal fishing.

According to the arrangement of the fishing ban period, from April 1, the main streams, important tributaries and lakes of the Yangtze River basin in China have entered the fishing ban period. According to reports, this year is the 14th year that the fishing ban system has been implemented in the Yangtze River Basin. During the fishing ban period, the relevant departments will organize various localities to carry out large-scale activities of proliferation and release of aquatic organisms, cooperate with strict law enforcement and management during the fishing ban period, ensure better results in proliferation and release and ecological conservation, and restore the ecological environment of water areas. ensure the ecological security of the water area.

Multiplication and release is an important way to promote the sustainable utilization of fishery resources. Data show that since the 12th five-year Plan, the central and local governments have increased their investment in proliferation and release, with a total investment of nearly 4 billion yuan nationwide, releasing more than 12 billion seedlings of all kinds. Proliferation and release activities have developed from regional and small-scale to national and large-scale resource conservation actions. In 2014, the Ministry of Agriculture carried out three major release activities jointly conducted by provinces and ministries, and more than 1600 multiplication and release activities of various types of aquatic organisms were held in various localities. More than 1.08 billion yuan was invested in multiplication and release nationwide, and 34.33 billion seedlings of important aquatic organisms were released, which played a positive role in promoting the recovery of fishery resources, realizing the sustainable development of fisheries and increasing the income of fishermen.

Han Changfu said: while doing a good job in special rectification actions, it is necessary to attach equal importance to production ecology and promote the sustained and healthy development of marine fisheries. It is necessary to adjust and optimize the production structure of marine fisheries and promote the standardized transformation of offshore cage culture. It is necessary to further strengthen the protection of the ecological environment of marine fisheries, improve the system of fishing moratorium, and strengthen the proliferation and release of aquatic biological resources.