Half ot the four-month fishing ban on the Pearl River has passed, but illegal fishing activities still happen from time to time. From 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm on April 21, the Zhongshan Marine Law Enforcement Detachment carried out a joint law enforcement action with the police and agriculture departments of Dongfeng and Nantou towns in waters on Jiya Waterway near Huangpu Sugar Factory. This was the largest law enforcement action in Zhongshan since the fishing ban on the Pearl River this year.

Law enforcement officers immediately take action once finding illegal fishing activities.

The joint law enforcement team makes their rounds on the waterway.

Officers seize fishing poles and catches from illegal fishermen and move them onto the law enforcement vessel.

Law enforcement officers take photos as evidence.

Illegal fishing boats are all confiscated.

Officers distribute life jackets to illegal fishermen for their safety purpose.

Officers sort out the illegal vessels. [Photo by Xia Shengquan]