Chungnam, Special Crackdown on Illegal Inland Water Fishing During Spring Spawning Season

Chungnam Province will conduct a special crackdown on illegal inland water fishing in line with the spring spawning season.

The province announced on the 10th that it will carry out a special crackdown on illegal fishing for one month until the 9th of next month. The crackdown will be conducted jointly by city and county authorities, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, the West Sea Fisheries Management Team, and the police, targeting areas densely populated with anglers and lakes where fishing activities are active.

The targets of the crackdown include harmful fishing methods using explosives, toxic substances, or electric currents; capture or harvesting using illegal fishing gear such as motorboats, scuba diving equipment, cast nets, and spears; and violations of inland water fishery resource capture and harvesting prohibition periods, zones, and size limits.

All catches, fishing gear, explosives, and toxic substances confiscated from illegal fishers during the crackdown will be seized, and repeat offenders will be strictly punished according to relevant laws.

During this period, the province plans to carry out educational activities to prevent illegal fishing caused by ignorance by promoting awareness of fishing activities and illegal fishing prevention through the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and YouTube, as well as by posting banners to prevent illegal fishing in areas densely populated with anglers.

No Tae-hyun, Director of the Provincial Department of Oceans and Fisheries, said, “We will focus on illegal fishing prevention activities to prevent violations by non-fishers and to improve the awareness of fishers.”

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