A court in Moscow has banned the sale of electric drums

The Meshchansky district court of Moscow has banned websites selling devices for poaching fish. This is evidenced by the case materials reviewed by Izvestia.

We are talking about sites where they offered to purchase electric rods — devices that supply an electric discharge into the water, killing fish and all living organisms within its radius of action. The relevant announcements were posted in the public domain.

The court clarified that illegal fishing using electric current or other prohibited tools falls under the scope of paragraph "b" of Part 1 of Article 256 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The maximum penalty under this article is imprisonment for two years.

Earlier, on June 19, Evgeny Latysh, a hunting and fishing specialist, said that only one fishing rod with one hook is allowed during spawning, and the use of nets is considered poaching and entails criminal liability. He expressed the hope that people will move to a more conscious approach to fishing and hunting, without poaching and harming nature.

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