Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs： Carry out special law enforcement to severely crack down on the destruction of aquatic wildlife resources.

　　Cctv newsAccording to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, in order to implement the new People’s Republic of China (PRC) Wildlife Protection Law, which came into effect on May 1 this year, promote the construction of ecological civilization in water areas, strengthen the protection of rare and endangered aquatic wildlife and their habitats, standardize the management and utilization activities of aquatic wildlife, and severely punish illegal and criminal acts of destroying aquatic wildlife resources, arrangements are made in accordance with the "China Fishery Bright Sword 2023" series of special law enforcement action plans. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs decided to launch a special law enforcement action to crack down on the destruction of aquatic wildlife resources from May 1 to October 31, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as "special action"). The main contents are as follows:

　　Strengthen habitat supervision. Implement the responsibilities of supervision and management of aquatic wildlife habitats within the jurisdiction according to law, and focus on investigating and dealing with illegal hunting, unauthorized introduction of exotic species and other acts that destroy aquatic wildlife and their habitats. Strengthen source management, strengthen inspections and patrols in key areas such as nature reserves and aquatic wildlife migration routes, and in key periods such as breeding period and wintering period, establish a normalized supervision mechanism, increase the frequency of inspections and law enforcement, and carry out squatting when necessary. Check all kinds of activities of breeding and utilization of aquatic wild animals in nature reserves, and order rectification within a time limit if scientific research is not obtained according to law; Those who carry out business activities without authorization should be severely punished according to law.

　　Strictly crack down on illegal business use. In conjunction with the public security, market supervision and other departments, we will strengthen the rectification of key areas such as seafood dry goods market, restaurants and pet markets, focusing on the species of California Bay grouper, Chinese horseshoe crab, seahorse, crocodile, sturgeon and freshwater turtle, and severely investigate and deal with unauthorized or over-time and over-range operation and utilization, failure to use the special logo for aquatic wildlife as required, and forgery, alteration, sale, transfer, and so on. Strengthen cooperation with the departments of network information, transportation, railways, civil aviation, postal services, etc., and jointly crack down on illegal online transactions and illegal transportation, delivery and other behaviors according to the division of responsibilities, and strengthen multi-link, full-chain, and no dead ends supervision.

　　Standardize breeding and exhibition activities. Conduct a comprehensive inventory of aquatic wildlife breeding and exhibition venues such as aquariums and aquariums within the jurisdiction, focusing on verifying the breeding of key species such as cetaceans, whale sharks, turtles and spotted seals. If the species and quantity of the animals being kept do not correspond to the records of the franchise certificate, they are required to explain the reasons. If the reason is reasonable and verifiable, it shall be ordered to change the franchise certificate according to law; If the type and quantity exceed the license record and the legal source cannot be explained, it shall be severely punished according to law.