Will the 6 electrofishers caught by the Qianjiang Fishery Administration be sentenced?

This kind of equipment is illegal and is generally not sold publicly. Some fishing gear stores may sell it privately. General electrical appliance repair stores can repair it, as long as the skills are good, there is nothing special in principle. The so-called electric fish traps and electric fish traps refer to electric fish traps. Electric fish devices are generally composed of batteries, inverters, and rectifier circuits. They release high-voltage and high-current electric energy into the water body to stun large fish and electrocute small fish. Generally, this kind of equipment is sold online, and some fishing equipment stores also sell it privately. In theory, any power or voltage can be used, it’s just a matter of range.

A friendly reminder: Electrofishing is illegal. It is an extermination culling behavior regardless of species and size, which will cause devastating damage to the fishery, and will also accidentally injure people, livestock, and poultry that enter the water, endangering public safety. This is an act of fishing from the lake and killing the chicken to obtain the eggs. Electrofishing will cause the population of many precious fish species to decrease. The instantaneous electricity released by the electrofishing device can electrocute a cow. Small fish are usually electrocuted to death immediately. Even if the large fish survive the shock, most of them will be lost. reproductive capacity. Moreover, the taste of fish will change, which may affect people. Therefore, electrofishing operations are called "extremely poor" fishing in the industry. It will lead to the destruction of the ecological environment and indirectly have a negative impact on the quality of water bodies. There is no life in the water body that has been electrocuted, and the fish that escaped through the net will not escape death. Fish that have been electrocuted by electric traps will have their gonad development damaged and basically lose their ability to reproduce, which can be said to be "cut off from offspring." It will also cause devastating damage to snails, shellfish, tadpoles, etc. growing in the water. Especially during the fish breeding season, electric fish will greatly affect the reproduction and growth of fish. Electric fish equipment is being upgraded, and its output voltage can even reach thousands of volts. When the current is passed into the water body, it will cause oxygen depletion in a certain water area, causing a vacuum in the water body, causing fish, shrimp, algae, plankton and other aquatic organisms to suffocate. die. Experiments have shown that 220V voltage will cause a vacuum in the water body within a radius of 20 meters. Most of the aquatic organisms that died due to electric shock or suffocation will be deposited on the bottom of the water and rot and deteriorate. In severe cases, it will cause the food chain of a certain water area to break, seriously damage the ecological cycle, and cause the phenomenon of "stagnant water".

When hunting, ancient emperors also knew how to remove one side of the four-sided hunting net and "open one side of the net" for the sustainable development and good health of animals; fishermen also used fishing nets with large meshes to catch fish. It allows small fish to escape through the mesh and continue to reproduce; the majority of fishing enthusiasts also understand the principle of catching large ones and releasing small ones, so that they can have fish every year.

And the country has many laws and regulations that explicitly prohibit this behavior:

1) The third section of the "Fisheries Law of the People's Republic of China" (hereinafter referred to as the "Fisheries Law") Paragraph 1 of Article 18 stipulates: Fishing using methods that damage fishery resources such as exploding fish, poisoning fish, electro-fishing, fishing in violation of regulations on closed fishing areas and closed fishing periods, or using prohibited fishing gear, fishing methods and If fishing is carried out with nets smaller than the minimum mesh size or the number of young fish in the catch exceeds the prescribed proportion, the catch and illegal income will be confiscated and a fine of not more than 50,000 yuan will be imposed; in serious cases, the fishing gear will be confiscated and the fishing license will be revoked; If the circumstances are particularly serious, the fishing boat may be confiscated; if a crime is constituted, criminal liability shall be pursued in accordance with the law.

2) The "Electricity Law" stipulates that the act of releasing electric fish into the water itself is an illegal use of electricity. If it causes personal or property damage to others, criminal liability will be pursued in accordance with the "Criminal Law" of.

3) This kind of "electric fish" behavior also endangers public safety. If there are no consequences, the public security organs will impose administrative penalties of detention or fines for violating the "Public Security Management Punishment Law". If there are consequences, the public security organs will be sentenced for the crime of endangering public security.

It is recommended that for the sake of sustainable development, for future generations to have fish to eat, for your own personal safety, and for the happiness of your family, you should be a good and law-abiding citizen and refrain from electrofishing.

Any citizen has the right to directly stop this illegal behavior, and has the responsibility and obligation to report the illegal behavior to the fishery department, electric power department, and public security department. These departments all have the right and obligation to deal with this kind of illegal behavior that harms society. Be safe and call the police on 110.