Fishery laws and regulations

Legal analysis: 1. Fishing is prohibited in the first-class water source protection zone. 2. Some reservoirs have local policies prohibiting fishing. 3. Privately-owned fishery culture areas decide whether to allow fishing according to private regulations. The specific content can refer to the following local legal basis, but the specific situation still depends on the relevant local notices.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Fisheries Law.

Article 1 This Law is formulated in order to strengthen the protection, proliferation, development and rational utilization of fishery resources, develop artificial breeding, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of fishery producers, promote the development of fishery production and meet the needs of socialist construction and people's life.

Article 2 Anyone who engages in fishery production activities such as breeding and fishing aquatic animals and plants in People's Republic of China (PRC)'s internal waters, beaches, territorial waters, exclusive economic zones and all other sea areas under the jurisdiction of People's Republic of China (PRC) must abide by this Law.

Article 3 The State adopts the policy of giving priority to aquaculture, paying equal attention to aquaculture, fishing and processing, adapting to local conditions and focusing on each other.

People's governments at all levels shall incorporate fishery production into the national economic development plan and take measures to strengthen the unified planning and comprehensive utilization of water areas.

Article 4 The State encourages research on fishery science and technology, popularizes advanced technology and improves the level of fishery science and technology.

Fifth units and individuals that have made outstanding achievements in the proliferation and protection of fishery resources, the development of fishery production, and the research of fishery science and technology shall be given spiritual or material rewards by the people's governments at all levels.

Article 6 The fishery administrative department of the State Council shall be in charge of the national fishery work. The fishery administrative departments of local people's governments at or above the county level shall be in charge of fishery work within their respective administrative areas. The fishery administrative department of the people's government at or above the county level may set up fishery supervision and administration institutions in important fishery waters and fishing ports. The fishery administrative department of the people's government at or above the county level and its subordinate fishery superintendency agencies may set up fishery inspectors. Fishery inspectors perform tasks assigned by the fishery administrative department and its subordinate fishery supervision and administration institutions.