Mykola Tomenko: Ukraine refuses from Poaching Tools (Electric Fishing Rods, Nets and Hunting Traps)
On Wednesday, Mykola Tomenko, Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, together with Volodymyr Boreiko, Director of Kyiv Environmental-Cultural Center, Andrii Nelipa, President of the All-Ukrainian Fishing Non-Governmental Organization "Community of Fishermen of Ukraine", and environmental inspector Ihor Tyholaz held the conference dedicated to the enactment of the Law "On Fauna" (re Strengthening of Poaching Counteraction).
M. Tomenko is convinced that adoption of the Law is a great step forward. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law on Amendments to the Law "On Fauna" (re Strengthening of Poaching Counteraction) (Reg. No. 6458-1) on May 112, 2011. The bill was submitted by People´s Deputies M.Tomenko, A.Semynoha, V.Danylenko, and O.Horoshkevych on the initiative of several environmental organizations. The Law prohibits manufacture, sale and use of poaching tools, and import of traps, electric fishing systems (electric fishing rods) and synthetic nets in Ukraine. The Law prohibits manufacture, sale and use of poisonous and anaesthetic agents, barbed, leadening and trap-like tools of catching, electric fishing systems (electric fishing rod), explosives, bird lime and synthetic nets. The Cabinet of Ministers ratifies the exhaustive list of prohibited tools and the procedure of their confiscation.
Mykola Tomenko also informed that he had appealed to the Prime Minister of Ukraine and the Head of the State Customs Service of Ukraine with a request to take action to facilitate implementation of the Law of Ukraine on poaching counteraction.
M. Tomenko is convinced that with the start of fishing and hunting seasons in Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers shall take action to support implementation of the adopted Law and adopt the normative acts to facilitate its realization.
The participants of the conference saw nearly 100 fishing gear systems, poisonous and anesthetic agents, barbed, leaden and trap-like tools of catching, electric fishing systems (electric fishing rod), explosives, bird lime and synthetic nets, and watched video materials on poaching counteraction.