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In recent years, the Yangtze River fishing ban has achieved remarkable results, with an overall decrease in fishing-related cases and a continuous recovery of aquatic biodiversity. According to the data of the Yangtze River Shipping Public Security Bureau, the number of fishing-related cases in the waters of the Yangtze River trunk line decreased by 8.0% year-on-year in 0. However, the sale and use of a series of new types of "illegal fishing gear" on the Internet is rampant, lacking and difficult to supervise, and there is a tendency to spread from point to point, especially in the tributaries of the Yangtze River, which should not be underestimated as an ecological harm.

New types of "illegal fishing gear" are full of tricks

A tributary of the Yangtze River in the mountainous area of western Hubei Province has clear water and green banks during the day, and residents take walks from time to time, but at night, it has become a place where illegal fishermen take risks.

Talking about the experience of "fighting wits and courage" with illegal fishermen, the staff of the local comprehensive agricultural law enforcement brigade gushed endlessly: from a distance, they saw two young people with their heads down, suspected of using a prohibited visual anchor fish equipment, and they quickly fled as soon as the law enforcement boat passed in the dark, leaving only a piece of wire; received a report that someone was wearing a diving suit, carrying an oxygen cylinder, and holding an electric gun to electrocute fish underwater, but he couldn't catch anyone while guarding the shore; caught someone electric fish, confiscated the electric fish machine on the spot, and wanted to check the source of online shopping, but the mobile phone data had been emptied in advance......

In recent years, there has been a variety of new types of "illegal fishing gear" used by illegal fishermen in the area, which makes law enforcers lament that they are changing too quickly. More covert tools make illegal fishing easier, and even more harmful to the ecology of rivers and lakes than traditional "illegal fishing gear".

"It looks like an ordinary battery, but it's actually an 'electric fish backpack', you can carry it and go, and you can get the positive and negative electrodes to electric fish." A law enforcement officer said as he handed the device to the Half Moon Talk reporter. The reporter took over the equipment, which said "new energy lithium battery", and a row of interfaces on the side can be plugged into multiple wires. A staff member of the Agricultural Comprehensive Law Enforcement Brigade in another county in western Hubei told reporters that electric fish equipment can be bought directly online or assembled by purchasing parts yourself.

The law enforcement officer said that electric fishing is the most harmful illegal fishing method, and if one is dead in the electric river, it will be deformed. In addition, a commonly used pesticide is extremely harmful to fish, and is sold on the Internet under the name of drunken fish medicine, which may lead to the death of all fish and plants in the region, and seriously damage the ecosystem.

There are also some "black technologies" whose "lethality" cannot be ignored. The visual anchor fish device found in law enforcement is composed of fishing rods, video monitors, hooks and spines, including boat fishing and other methods, which are specialized in hunting large fish, with amazing destructive power and easy to accidentally injure rare fish.

Why do some illegal anglers flock to it? Or is it a matter of interest. "The cost of violating the law is low, and the illegal income is high." According to law enforcement officials, an electric fish machine is only a few hundred yuan, and the price of large wild mandarin fish is high, and if the catch is large, it can make a profit of tens of thousands of yuan.

Law enforcement officials said that since the ban on fishing in the Yangtze River, the ecological environment of local rivers and lakes has been restored, and the number of fish has increased significantly, but the ecology is still fragile and far from returning to the level before the destruction. Nowadays, there are all kinds of "illegal fishing gear", which always threatens the ecology of local rivers and lakes.

You can buy it online if you want

Law enforcement officers led the Banyuetan reporter to the warehouse, opened the roller shutter door, and a large number of "illegal fishing gear" seized in the past two years were piled up in the corner. "Almost all of the actual catches were bought online." In the past two years, law enforcement officials said, the Internet has become the main channel for the purchase of "illegal fishing gear".

Buying "illegal fishing gear" online is a breeze. Banyuetan reporters searched for keywords such as "boat fishing", "visual anchor fish" and "drunken fish medicine", and a large number of "illegal fishing gear" were directly visible on the online shopping platform, and the description of the merchants was shocking.

半月谈记者点开一款付款人数“1万+”的可视锚鱼神器，“到手即用”“红外感应”等字眼醒目，并标注“全国包邮”“野钓可用”。记者询问客服，能不能在长江上用，客服不仅回复可以，还贴心发过来使用视频。

On the surface, an online shopping platform prohibits the search of some keywords, which seems to cut off the sales chain of "illegal fishing gear". But in reality, this keyword blocking method is easy to bypass. For example, a direct search for "electric fish" will bring up a "Green Net Plan" page to remind consumers to comply with relevant laws and regulations. However, with only a slight "change", you can easily find new types of "illegal fishing gear" such as "electric copying nets" by searching for "new energy fishing", and merchants will mark hints such as "you know" and "get it with one shot" in the details of the product graphics and texts. According to grassroots law enforcement officers, this kind of fishing gear is a normal fishing rod from a distance, and lithium batteries are hidden in the handle, which is very hidden and brings great difficulty to law enforcement.

In addition to online shopping, some social media groups have also become the hardest hit areas for illegal online fishing gear shopping. Law enforcement officials said that there are even people who use "illegal fishing gear" on short video platforms to broadcast the process of using "illegal fishing gear", and the platform does not ban them, and they sometimes use live broadcasts as clues to find illegal fishermen.

China's fishery law stipulates that it is forbidden to use methods that damage fishery resources, such as exploding fish, poisoning fish, and electric fish, and prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and use of prohibited fishing gear. The relevant documents of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs also stipulate that it is forbidden to use fishing tackle fishing methods that seriously damage aquatic biological resources, as well as all kinds of fish exploration equipment and video auxiliary devices.

The reporter learned that some places at the grassroots level have further refined the types of fishing gear that are prohibited from being used, and added new types of fishing gear that pose a great ecological threat found in law enforcement in a timely manner. However, law enforcement officials said that in fact, illegal fishing gear is quickly refurbished and purchased online, which is concealed and fast, and it is extremely difficult to supervise.

Strengthen supervision at the source and cut off the chain of interests

The key to curbing the spread of "illegal fishing gear" on the Internet is to crack down on the production side. Gao Lei, a researcher at the Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, said that cracking down on manufacturers of "illegal fishing gear" from the production side is cheaper, more effective and more effective than punishing illegal fishermen from the consumer side.

"It is necessary to crack down on the source manufacturers, especially to increase the crackdown on small underground workshops." A grassroots law enforcement officer said that it is also necessary to crack down on fish sellers on the consumer side, not to sell fish from unknown sources, and to take multiple measures to cut off the chain of interests.

Huang Jian, a staff member of the Fishery Administration Security Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, believes that in view of the fact that fishing tackle and fishing methods are diverse and developing rapidly, and the list of "illegal fishing tackle" is lagging behind, resulting in opportunities for illegal anglers, it is recommended that all localities fully demonstrate all kinds of fishing tackle and fishing methods encountered in law enforcement practice, and introduce a white list of fishing tackle and fishing methods to effectively reduce the difficulty of law enforcement and plug policy loopholes.

Consumer scrutiny is also indispensable. A grassroots law enforcement officer said that the real-name purchase system of fishing gear on the Internet could be considered, especially fishing gear that may pose a greater threat to the river ecology, and should be approved and filed like buying "prescription drugs", which may have a deterrent effect on consumers.

In addition, online platforms must be strengthened in supervision. Grassroots law enforcement officials suggested that the online fishing gear sales details interface should not appear to induce or imply that consumers can carry out illegal activities after purchase, and that prompts such as "the fishing gear can only be used in non-prohibited fishing areas" and "shall not be used for productive fishing" should be set up in conspicuous positions, and the popularization of the law should be strengthened. In addition, some live broadcast rooms and short videos that use "illegal fishing gear" to fish should be banned in time to avoid the formation of follow-up and imitation effects.