The Fisheries Law Is Undergoing a Major Revision for the First Time, and the CBCGDF Legal Working Committee Is Soliciting Suggestions

At present, the National People's Congress website is soliciting public opinions on the "Fisheries Law of the People's Republic of China (Draft Amendment)". The Legal Working Committee of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) attaches great importance to this and has issued an initiative to volunteers who are enthusiastic about the protection and development of national fishery resources through the CBCGDF media platform. It is hoped that everyone will combine the difficulties and problems encountered in daily work to put forward relevant opinions and suggestions on the "Fisheries Law (Draft Amendment)" and jointly promote the protection and rational use of national fishery resources.

The following are 12 suggestions sent by an enthusiastic volunteer. From the content, it can be seen that this volunteer has conducted a relatively in-depth investigation and research on issues such as cross-regional fishing, fishery law enforcement, and ecological restoration.

1. Clarify the definition of fishery resources; 2. Add management clauses for fishery big data; 3. Clarify the definition of recreational fisheries; 4. Do fish ponds dug on land, pools built, and movable aquaculture buckets and water tanks belong to the adjustment content of the Fisheries Law? They are essentially no different from fish tanks. Do they belong to inland waters, tidal flats, territorial waters, exclusive economic zones, etc.? Are their aquaculture activities subject to the Fisheries Law? If not, which department supervises the aquaculture activities of such facilities? If applicable, it should be clarified in this law. 5. Regarding the provisions on limiting cross-regional fishing by fishing vessels; they should be restricted in the Fisheries Law, clarifying that fishing vessels are not allowed to fish across regions, prevent bad money from driving out good money, resolve conflicts caused by competition for fishery resources, and effectively protect fishery resources. 6. Clarify the definitions of recreational fishing and manual collection of sporadic aquatic products; 7. It is not operational to use the value of the catch as the penalty standard, and it is recommended to use the amount as the standard. 8. In order to further increase the protection of the ecological environment; 9. Distinguish the concepts of aquatic animals, aquatic plants, and aquatic organisms; 10. Improve the construction of the credit system for fishery production and operation; 11. Strengthen the implementation of ecological restoration responsibilities; 12. Clarify the specific methods of law enforcement cooperation.

 

Original Chinese article:https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Z95A_Im2nzkaVdXRRldf2A

Translator: Daisy        

Reviewed by Sara

Editor: Daisy

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