The NGO Carp Security Group and its volunteers organized and participated in the prevention of poaching in the area of the Skadar Lake National Park on March 30, from eight o'clock to two o'clock on March 31.
As stated by that NGO, despite the "unorganized game wardens service, sabotage of individual game wardens, defective vessels", their volunteers managed to achieve remarkable results.
"The results of our volunteers for the 27 hours spent on the water are - 20 nets, one vessel, one tomos motor, one gas bottle, one lamp, one osto, three persons detained, three misdemeanor reports written", the NGO said.
The NP Skadarsko jezero announced that since the beginning of the ban, on March 15, in joint actions with members of the Police Administration, volunteers of the SRK "Nikšić" and the NGO "Group for Carp Protection", it temporarily seized eight fishing rods, eight outboard motors, 36 nets, five fuel tanks, three gas lamps, three gas bottles, three oars, electric converter, electric probe, accumulator, oar, handle, sledgehammer, two rain suits, two jackets.
"12 persons were prosecuted by the competent state authorities", said the director of NP Skadarsko jezero Nenad Ivanović.
On March 29, the Skadar Lake National Park Protection Service, in a coordinated action with members of the Police Administration Service-boat unit, found four persons engaged in illegal activities.
"The following were temporarily taken from them: two fishing boats, two outboard motors, two gas cylinders, stingrays and confiscated fish. The persons were prosecuted by the competent state authorities," according to the announcement of NP Skadarsko jezero.
The NP Skadarsko jezero appeals to citizens to refrain from illegal activities, especially from fishing during the fishing ban, and thus contribute to the preservation of the total fish stock of the water area.
The fishing ban in NP Skadarsko jezero is in effect from March 15 to May 15, during which it is forbidden to catch and market all types of fish, except eel.
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