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“Amateur fishermen, seeing the enormous damage to natural resources caused by representatives of commercial fishing, the inaction of government institutions, legal inequality, legal loopholes, on August 1. It organizes a protest action in Klaipėda “We are going to bring the Curonian Lagoon back to life”, which aims to draw the attention of the public and the authorities to ban commercial fishing in the Curonian Lagoon. Decisive and constructive government decisions based on the principle of justice would guarantee the sustainable use of natural resources and restore the fish population in the Curonian Lagoon ”, the call for protest is announced. Some members of Seimas and the Minister for the Environment Kęstutis Mažeika are believed to be participating in it.
K. Klimavičius says the figures speak to the situation of the fish population in the Curonian Lagoon. Stocks are said to be extremely scarce, so suffice it to say that fishing should be banned here. Show jealousy: After the ban on fishing in the Kaunas lagoon, fish stocks have quadrupled in five years.
Photo by V.Radžiūnas / LRT.lt/ Fishing in the Curonian Lagoon
When asked why campaigns are not organized in the capital, at the gates of officials, K. Klimavičius says that the essential place of the problem is Klaipeda and the coast.
“We are doing it in Klaipėda due to the fact that fishermen and entrepreneurs come from here or from the Klaipėda region, Šilutė and beyond. Here is the essential cradle of the problem, the place. We want to block the mouth of the Dane River: the boats will swim and stop. We want to show drawbacks and such symbolism. 12-15 boats, even yachts, will not be able to sail, we have agreed. Only three ships will pass, because on the birthday of the city, the flag will be raised, the others will be waiting. If necessary, we intend to lock the port gates in the future as well, “said K. Klimavičius.
The man says that none of the officials dared to lay their hands on this “wasp nest,” and a ban on fishing in the Curonian Lagoon would affect a certain number of people.
“It just came to our attention then. The Ministry of the Environment has long since developed rules to make it convenient to catch. The lagoon has sunk, there are no more fish, everything has been captured. Even the most expensive echo sounders cannot find fish. , and Kaunas Lagoon is full. The ban has quadrupled the number of fish in five years. What harm is done to the Curonian Lagoon. All fish, mainly salmon, is sold illegally. It is estimated that there may be around 50 tons of salmon illegally sold, said K. Klimavičius. – We mean that we are against commercial gear fishing, letting fishing rods catch, not commercial gear. According to the fish mass index, the condition of the lagoon is poor and fishing should be banned. “
We are against fishing with commercial equipment, let the rods catch, not commercial equipment.
According to the hobbyist, depleting fish stocks now requires much more equipment to catch the same amount of fish than ten years ago.
“We are not asking, but demanding that the devil finish. All fans agree to add, we appreciate a fisherman’s ticket so that there is no commercial fishing. It is all a matter of compensation. It would affect about 150 people, with about 45 companies that fish in the lagoon. Companies show that their total profit last year was 120 thousand euros. If this is shown modestly, we are ready to pay their unearned earnings through a fisherman’s ticket and let them not land in the lagoon. As much as he declares, he still doesn’t win anything, “said K. Klimavičius, inviting everyone indifferent to the Klaipeda Cruise Terminal at noon on Saturday. The man himself will come from the capital.
“I am motivated by the fact that I want to fish and fish in the lagoon with my children,” emphasizes the man.
Fish is enough
Ričardas Kauneckis, a Juodkrante fisherman, who has been fishing with his father since childhood and has had his own business for about 15 years, says he has heard of banning fishing in the lagoon.
“It just came to our attention then. The fish are, there is only a certain seasonality, one more year, the other less. For example, we have noticed that starlings increase every 5-7 years and then decrease again. There are cycles and fishermen We understand it. Some years are better, others worse. The same with the heat, last year more, this year less. There were many snails in the spring, they were all happy this year, we caught a lot, for a couple of years in a row there were very Few. There are fish in the lagoon, it is full and there is no shortage. The eel has increased compared to next year. Not only in the nets, people fish and fish from the pier, “said R. Kauneckis.
He claims that rumors that fishermen catch and smoke even small fish are false. Kauneckis himself says that small fish are thrown into the lagoon, because nobody wants to buy smoked sea bream.
“Why should I transport small ones, if no one buys them, we run them back, because the customer also wants big, beautiful heat, not a small one? We have limits on the size we can catch roaches, golden. Someone is found , but he is “skinny” so let him continue feeding. We are also launching Starkis, we know we will catch more than a year.
Let the fans, if you want to reduce the number of fishermen, compensate each gear, let’s get together, I’ll go out – said the fisherman.
Foam fans … We have no workers in Juodkrante, my father and I are catching him, he is 83 years old, it is difficult. I have thoughts of completing a business, selling. Let the fans, if they want to reduce the number of fishermen, compensate each gear, let’s get together, “said the fisherman.
He tells the tool stack with his father. Some were taken by the father after the dismantling of the farm where he worked, others were bought. R. Kauneckis also involved his son in fishing, so the third generation of the family is fishing. His father has lived in Juodkrante since 1964 and has dedicated his entire life to the lagoon.
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