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The chairman of the Seimas Committee for the Protection of the Environment, the farmer Kęstutis Mažeika, made last year with a conservative Mykolas Majauskas a number of pbadionate amendments to the Law on fisheries, at a special forum held in Klaipėda on Monday. Innovative regulation of the inshore fishery will have to be adopted.
He also badured that the wish of coastal fishermen that such amendments to the law be introduced by the government be heard – the Cabinet has already been asked to do so. In addition, the Special Investigation Service will provide the conclusions.
At that time, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Darius Liutikas, who attended the forum, does not hide a skeptical approach to such amendments to the law. According to him, the economic arguments in favor of the initiators of the change of law will be difficult to find counter-arguments.
The second discussion
The draft amendments to the Fisheries Act presented by Kęstutis Mažeika and Mykolas Majauskas Peasants Virginija Vingrienė and Aurimas Gaidžiūnas
After the 39, adoption of national inland waters, specialized fishing for fish traps for sedges, sturgeon, streams and migratory eels would no longer be permitted. Commercial fishing of other species of fish is allowed only in the Curonian Lagoon, in the polders downstream of Nemunas and in private inland waterways (the correction removes water mbades of more than 200 ha )
Within the 3 km radius at the northern and southern ends of the port of Klaipėda and within 1 kilometer of the mouths of the Šventoji River, it is forbidden to fish specifically for relays, broods and grunts
Vice-Chairman of the Seimas Committee for the Protection of the Environment, Simonas Gentvilas. And now, such a discussion was organized by K. Mažeika.
Asked "Open Klaipėda", who were the authors of such amendments to the law, the parliamentarian believed that they were invented together "with fishermen lovers, vacationers, sportsmen, lifeguards" with them.
The 300-meter limit is also born from such discussions. That's the limit "from which we have to start discussing one or the other, or to exclude certain areas, or make exceptions for invasive species."
The Ministry sees the way
"Kaunas Marines have become fishing enthusiasts paradise They have become attractive after being banned from the commercial fishery.We do not want to confront, remove anything from the shoreline, but we must use the resources in moderation and wisdom and the bill reflects not only the position of fishermen, but also environmentalists, birdwatchers, water sports and lifeguards, who are trapped by people who are entangled in networks.After 300 meters, it is less than the length of the Palanga bridge.It is a primary project, it can be debatable, maybe where you need it more than 300, and elsewhere, less There is a need for a unique sign of equality between fishermen and businessmen.The major accreditation should not be wages, jobs, resources, people's safety and the s recreation, "said K. Mažeika in a discussion
Darius Liutikas, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, pointed out that such a ban" would seriously affect coastal fishermen, and this community is significant. "
" We do not fully understand the arguments put forward by the initiators of the amendment of the law. With the help of the European Union in 2017-2018, the traps are bought for 217 thousand euros and committed to fish for 5 years. And they are used precisely in the area of potential insurance, and fishermen should be returned to these funds. The Center for Nature Research responded that migratory fish will not be affected by such a ban. For recreation and sports, zoning can be applied. Research is needed to really solve environmental problems. The government's conclusions should be made on such amendments to the law. Darius Liutikas, Deputy Minister of Agriculture (left) and Chairman of the Seimas Environmental Protection Committee, the farmer Kęstutis Mažeika, examines the bill differently, although both are spoken in the language about the search for compromise. Martynas Vainorys
The chairman of the Amateur Fisheries Council appointed by the moderator, Antanas Kontautas, a scientist from the University of Klaipėda, stressed once again that after the amendments, the word "except "is 90%.
"It is necessary to sit down for a negotiating table and share resources, not to say that fishermen have nothing to do here," he said
. that ornithologists are one of the initiators of such amendments, said that such a ban would not solve the problem of birds.
"It is necessary to make network modifications that are suitable for both fishing and repellent birds, and hunters are bird-friendly," he said.
The representatives of water sports have again spoken of an even greater distance, which should be forbidden to inshore fishing: 500 to 700 years
Mindaugas Rimeikis, director of the Fishermen's Association said that this proposed amendment to the law necessarily required the conclusion of the government.
"Nobody gives statistics on fishermen, and the fishermen entrepreneurs submit them. When a lover catches 15 kilograms a day, it's also a bargain – 100 amateur caches 1.5 ton ", – said Mr. Rimeikis, once again reminded that fishermen, surfers and rescuers have accepted despite any law on the North Pole 19659002] Alfonsas Bargaila, head of the Lithuanian Fishing Producers' Association, stated that there has never been such a sharp disagreement between amateur fishermen and commercial fishermen.
"If business is blocked, compensation is paid everywhere. If fishermen knew that they would receive normal compensation, they would not have to face such a limitation. According to A. Bargaila, who also pointed out the money paid by the fishermen for the EU support money and the need to seek conclusions on the amendments to the government, one must behave as Simone Gentvilas –
The director of the "Salmon Diary" Association Kęstutis Klimavičius asked why fishing enthusiasts refused to fish in the mouths of rivers where a large migration of fish could not leave the commercial fishery of some sections
"The coastline is everything," he said. In the past five years, amateur salmon fishing has become a business.
"There is no accounting.Now the businessmen get together with businessmen."
O fisherman Kęstutis Navickas called the lagoon fishermen Courland Mafia structure
"45 companies are fishing in the Curonian Lagoon .I have updated their financial data.The figures were shocked.The most common annual business figure is 10 -30 thousand euros Some companies pay only 88 euros a month, obviously it hides taxes, and how many fishermen do lovers create through shops and other services? "- did he asks.
K. Mazeika also mentioned that the commercial fishing sector generates 1.2 mln. of income, while the amateur is 34-37 million.
K. Mažeika's response was not received by the head of the Fishermen's Union, Leon Kerosierius, who asked how much fish was needed per year for lovers, "[19659015] "Fishing enthusiasts are declining, and the Sejm is demanding more fish. The business figure of the fishing tackle stores is down, the money for the allowances also decreases. Take this correction, it will be the best thing you can do in your mandate. In response to this, K. Mažeika argued that it had already been asked not only to the Government, but also to the Special Investigations Service to evaluate its observations on the inshore fishery.
At the end of the discussion, he stated that he would wait for the proposal in writing, but that the suggestions should be "how to do", without pretending that such corrections are absolutely unnecessary
