Ukraine: Poachers in reservoirs cause many thousands of damages

With the autumn cooling, the inhabitants of Ukrainian reservoirs become more vulnerable and need additional care and protection. However, poachers ignore this and continue to actively harvest fish and crayfish. In particular, after the end of the ban on catching crayfish from the beginning of October, some of the poachers actively rushed to get them, ignoring any restrictions. This was reported by the press service of the State Fisheries Agency. Thus, the Chernivtsi fish guards documented persons who illegally caught more than 130 crayfish in the Dniester reservoir, causing damage to fish stocks of 440,000 hryvnias. In addition, a few days later, state inspectors discovered other criminals on this reservoir, who illegally collected 89 samples in the dark with the help of lighting. these river dwellers: now they will have to pay UAH 297,000 in damages. Poachers wasted no time in other regions either. State inspectors found the following most high-profile violations: – The Odesa ...