During the three weeks of the fish protection campaign "Bekire – 2022", more than 15 tons of fish were seized from illegal trafficking

Since the beginning of the campaign "Bekire - 2022", inspectors of the Zhaiyk-Caspian Interregional Basin Inspection of Fisheries, together with law enforcement officers, environmental protection agencies and the Border Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan have identified and suppressed 514 violations of environmental legislation, as a result of which 349 persons were brought to administrative responsibility.

10 materials were sent to the judicial authorities, 29 criminal cases were initiated on the facts of poaching, acquisition or sale of property knowingly obtained by criminal means and illegal treatment of rare and endangered animals. Fines in the amount of 7.4 million tenge were imposed on violators.

15 tons of 246 kg of fish were seized from illegal trafficking, including 845 kg of sturgeon species, 275 fishing gear units, 59 units of water transport. As a result of daily trawling of the riverbed and the sea area, 1,015 units of illegal fishing gear with a total length of about 100 km were extracted from reservoirs.

Recall that on March 30, 2022, a joint order was signed between the Ministries of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources, Internal Affairs and the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan in order to preserve sturgeon and other fish species, as well as to ensure favorable conditions for their spawning "On conducting a large-scale fish protection campaign "Bekire-2022" in the reservoirs of the Ural-Caspian basin. The promotion will last until May 31, 2022.