CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Is it illegal to breed earthworms and fish? (Is it illegal to breed earthworms and fish? How many years will it be sentenced?)

1. Is it illegal to fish for eels with earthworms?

It is not illegal. There is no law prohibiting fishing for eels.

2. Has electric earthworms been banned by the country?

No, Anhui has not issued any laws or regulations prohibiting the use of electric shock to capture earthworms.

According to the Wildlife Protection Law, earthworms are not on the wildlife protection list published by the state and Anhui Province, and are not within the scope of wildlife protection law enforcement.

However, electric catching of earthworms will cause great damage to local soil microorganisms, and large-scale manual catching will cause soil erosion and further damage the ecological environment.

Therefore, electric fishing of earthworms in Anhui is an illegal act, and the local government has cited the crime of damaging environmental resource protection to restrict the practice of electric fishing of earthworms.

3. Is it illegal to dig earthworms in large quantities?

It is not illegal, and there are no relevant laws at present. Earthworms are not protected animals. However, if earthworms are caught in large numbers by electric shock, it will have a catastrophic impact on the ecosystem and cause the soil fertility structure to deteriorate.

At present, the country has no explicit regulations, it is only a local behavior. In order to maintain the agricultural production environment and public health, the behavior of indiscriminate fishing of earthworms will be cracked down, and some places will impose administrative penalties. Administrative penalties refer to the specific administrative behavior of the administrative subject to impose administrative sanctions on the counterparty who violates the norms of administrative law and has not yet constituted a crime in accordance with the statutory powers and procedures. The characteristics of administrative penalties are: the subject of administrative penalties is the administrative agency as the administrative subject and the organization authorized by laws and regulations; the object of administrative penalties is citizens, legal persons or other organizations that have violated administrative law norms; the nature of administrative penalties is a specific administrative act with the purpose of punishing violations and with sanctions.

4. Is it illegal to use electric shock on earthworms in 2021?

Electric shock to earthworms is not illegal in 2021. Electric shock to earthworms is generally not illegal, but if the earthworms are raised by others, the amount is large or there are other particularly serious circumstances, it may constitute the crime of intentional destruction of property, and the person needs to bear the corresponding civil and criminal responsibilities.

Whoever intentionally destroys public or private property, if the amount is large or there are other serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or a fine; if the amount is huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years.