A poacher faces trial for catching 63 fish in Kyiv region. Photo

A poacher faces trial for catching 63 fish in Kyiv region. Photo shutterstock
Katerina Belousova

An administrative protocol was drawn up against the offender for gross violation of fishing rules

A poacher was caught at the Kyiv Reservoir, who caught 63 fish with nets from a boat, which caused damages in the amount of over 117,000 hryvnias.

The case materials are being prepared for submission to the court, the State Inspectorate of the Capital District reports on Facebook.

Violations were discovered on July 6 in the vicinity of Tolokun village of Vyshgorod district.

The poacher was caught by the eco-inspectors together with the national police and the Voluntary formation of the Vyshhorod municipal district No. 1 for catching pike perch, blue bream, silver crucian carp, bream, flatfish. Damages caused to the fishing industry of Ukraine amount to UAH 117,385.

"An administrative protocol was drawn up against the offender under the fourth part of Article 85 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (gross violation of fishing rules)," the message said.

We will remind in the Rivne region, in one day, eco-inspectors removed 20 nets with a total length of 2,000 meters, and in Cherkasy region, violators-migrants who did not register for the military, received summonses to the ranks of the Armed Forces.

As EcoPolitic previously reported, in the Poltava and Cherkasy regions, despite the spawning ban, poachers caught fish, in particular in protected areas, on the amount of 753 thousand hryvnias.

Related
Ukrainians took to the streets to protest against the failure to comply with the State Energy Inspectorate’s order regarding the Novomyssk Steel Works
Ukrainians took to the streets to protest against the failure to comply with the State Energy Inspectorate’s order regarding the Novomyssk Steel Works

The requirements for obtaining a water use permit and for monitoring the volumes of rainwater and drainage water were ignored

The battle over the park in Bucha has come to an end: the Supreme Court has not extended the developers’ contract
The battle over the park in Bucha has come to an end: the Supreme Court has not extended the developers’ contract

People even had to physically fight off the thugs posing as lumberjacks, as a result of which some locals were injured

Forests are on fire in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, but air quality in the Kyiv region remains normal for the time being
Forests are on fire in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, but air quality in the Kyiv region remains normal for the time being

The fires are thought to be linked to the effects of military operations, which have been exacerbated by the dry and hot weather

This week’s round-up of environmental crimes: deforestation, pollution and poaching
This week’s round-up of environmental crimes: deforestation, pollution and poaching

The failure of forestry officials to fulfil their duties has led to the loss of hundreds of trees