Fishing ban on Pearl River ends  

2012年珠江禁渔结束 沿江六省渔民认同度提升

历时两个月的2012年珠江禁渔于6月1日结束。珠江流域渔业管理委员会(珠渔委)办公室1日发布消息称，沿江六省在禁渔期间共查获违规捕捞船171艘次，渔民对禁渔政策给予了更多的理解和支持，沿江各地接到的举报电话仅70宗，与去年相比明显下降。

Guangzhou (CNS) -- The two-month fishing ban on the Pearl River ended June 1. During the two months, 171 illegal fishing boats were apprehended and 70 tip-off calls were received, disclosed the Pearl River Basin Fishery Management Council.

This is the second year a fishing ban has gone into effect on the Pearl River. The ban involved 37 cities in six provinces along the river, that is, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and Jiangxi. The closed section of the river was over 1,300 square kilometers and had an impact on 28,660 boats and 114,896 fishermen.

The management council commented that fishermen having to abandon their boats and normal activities affected their life to some extent, and this aroused government and public attention and sympathy. A total of 5,220,000 yuan in subsidiaries were granted to 6,000 fishermen who live below the poverty line.