Fisheries and fishermen are fighting in courts and on the shore

This spring in St. Petersburg was late for a couple of weeks and at the beginning of the season cost 400 - 700 rubles per kg, large - from 1000 to 1300 rubles per kg (slightly inferior to the salmon: from 1,500 rubles per kg). The reason for the delay in supplies and high cost is not in a shortage of fish (there are no less in rivers and lakes), but, apparently, that the leadership of the fishing industry of the region has changed. The new head of the North-West Territorial Administration of the Federal Agency for Fisheries (SZT of the FAR) Alexander Khristenko is behind it-the experience of ambiguous work in the Far East, and in service with the set of rules and requirements, with which local fishermen are ready to reel fishing rods.

The first smelt in the fish stores of the New Ladoga (Volkhovsky district of the Leningrad region) was brought on April 16 - on the day of arrival in the area of ​​the governor of the Leningrad region. They say that they were in place specifically so that Alexander Drozdenko would not learn about the troubles of local fishermen. For the long -awaited fish in the new Ladoga, the line was immediately lined up: it was best taken small for 150 rubles per kg, less often - average for 400 rubles, there was no large for sale. There are still no Koryushka in the markets in the smelt area. This is not surprising for sellers or buyers, everything is in the know.

- Almost everyone was forbidden to catch where the smelt would come from?! - the new Landales are shrug.

After the visit of Drozdenko, the fishermen who opened the season decided not to turn off and continue to work at their own peril and risk. Over the past week, according to them, they have not yet been caught, had not fined, they have not seized fishing guns. But people admit that fishing in constant expectation of the inspector and punishment is a hassle.

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Fish fishing - over the centuries, one of the main in the Volkhov district of the Leningrad region. Under the Soviet regime, in the New Ladoga (the city was founded by Peter I in 1704), two large enterprises, which were considered city -forming, worked - a shipbuilding plant and a fishing collective farm named after M.I. Kalinin. Both are eliminated today. But in Lake Ladoga and the rivers flowing into it (Volkhov - in the new Ladoga, in Syazstroy, the Svir - in Sviritsa), fish still remained, and the district lives mainly with this. The annual volume of the smelly extracted here is about 1000 tons.

According to the calculations of the fishermen themselves, about 20 small enterprises in the Volkhov district are engaged in fishing. They begin to catch smelt here traditionally in late March - early April. The main weapon of fishing for individual entrepreneurs is the extent (fishing tackle of conical shape, consisting of a network stretched on hoops).

By mid -April, the survivors on the rivers are usually already exhibited by all local miners. This year for the first time - no.

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The problems of the fishermen of the Volkhov district began with the advent of the new head of the SZT of the Farine Alexander Khristenko. Until 2020, he headed a similar department in the Far East. Even earlier he was the head of the Toksovo village in the Leningrad region, served in the armed forces, and led security enterprises. Leaving the Toksov administration, Khristenko spoke like this about his official movements: “I am an officer, and I never forget what officer duty is. The homeland said: "It is necessary." I answer: "There." The task is set to restore order, build systematic work, and we will complete it. ”

The media the career sinking of a retired military interpreted differently. According to their version, the appearance of Khristenko in Rosrybolovy is explained by his friendship with Vasily Shestakov, the ex-deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the president of the International Sambo Federation. At one time, Shestakov trained in the Labor society along with Vladimir Putin and the Rotenberg brothers. In 2014, the son of Vasily Shestakov Ilya was appointed head of the Federal Fisheries Agency. Then he sent his father's acquaintance on Kamchatka - “restore order”.

In the Far East, Khristenko was noted by the fantastic Putin of 2018, when, according to official figures, it was possible to catch almost half a million tons of fish - a record volume over the past 110 years. The region was then filled with salmon. Residents of the region posted a video on the network: a thrown catch is lying on the roadsides of the roads. The federal authorities recognized the fishing of the superuspect, and the industry officials were awarded. Khristenko got a medal.

At the same time, the fish did not take it in local stores, and social tension increased in the region, serious clashes of fishermen with fish inspectorate and security officials occurred. The inhabitants of the Kamchatka villages rushed to the rivers crowded salmon and the sea coast, but they were not allowed there. Large fish producers close to power set records there. In Kamchatka they were sadly joked: "A person who caught a thousand tons of fish is considered a businessman in our country, and caught one tail - a poacher."

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Apparently, the methods tested in Kamchatka, Khristenko decided to apply here, according to the fishermen in the new Ladoga.

“But he was a little mistaken in the calculations: the Leningrad region is not the Far East, and the smelt is not salmon, it does not bring that kind of money,” says one of the Novoladoga fishermen Roman Sorokodumov. - Each small enterprise in the smelt in the season earns an average of 50 thousand rubles. This is a serious amount for us. If you lose this income, then you can not work at all. And what is this money for Khristenko? He is not interested. Today, everything is done in order to survive from Ladoga of small entrepreneurs and destroy them, to leave two or three more sainless, which on certain conditions to maintain.

The Volkhov fishermen have excitedly complain about how Putin's control departments treated them on the eve of this Putin. They explain that with the threat of penalties for the enterprise 100 thousand rubles and higher, many catchers today, in the midst of Putins, prefer to stay on the shore.

“Since December, we have been applying for the approval of the installation of fishing guns in the Volga-Balt FBU,” says Rybolov from the new Ladoga Alexei Kiselevich. -But so far, only three enterprises have received permits from Volgo-Balt. Nobody stood with a candle, but all individual entrepreneurs handed over documents at the same time according to the same formats, someone else did not come to someone, they refused someone under far-fetched pretexts, and these three received good. Why?

The Novoladozh fishermen filed to the administration of the President of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Transport and the North-Western Transport Prosecutor's Office of a collective complaint from organizations that have not yet received coordination of the placement of fishing gear. This week they received a notification that the document was redirected to the Volkhov transport prosecutor’s office “for consideration on the merits”. The authors of the message have already tuned to wait for an unsubscription, and apply to the court for real results.

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Even more than the lack of approvals from the Volgo-Balt, Rybakov annoy the new requirements that the SZT of the headlights now present them.

For more than one decade, the catchers have been placing the forms along the coast of rivers and lakes one after another, in a checkerboard pattern, at a distance of several meters, leaving a place under the fairway. For stationary fishing gear, which, according to Federal Law No. 166 “On Fishing and Preservation of Water Biological Resources”, have always been considered to be the norms, this is the norm. However, the new leadership of the SZTU FAR in a new way interpreted the rules of fishing and announced that now the men are considered not stationary, but by the floating weapons of fishing, and then, according to the rules, there should be a distance of at least 100 meters between them. Professionals without a calculator considered that the catch would be reduced many times.

“The smelt is an important fishing object for us,” says Nikolai Orlov, a fisherman with 40-year-old experience, “it accounts for almost 50% of all fish produced.” Other species that we catch (partial, perch, roach, etc.) have the wrong volumes, and their price is much lower. If we fly with smelt this year, then we will not earn anything.

Alexei N., also an experienced fisherman, has already encountered new norms in practice: he had one of the first inspectors to seize their best for their allegedly incorrect placement.

“I and other fishermen caused great surprise,” says Alexei N., “since we all catch the fish so long ago, from generation to generation, otherwise it is simply impossible to catch here. But I am not afraid of seizure of the Merevo and fines. I'm afraid,

If they legalize and use a distance of 100 meters. Then the fishing can be closed, we will not work. Without smelt, you can look for another job. Any fisherman will tell you.

There is simply no sense. Without smelt, we simply will not be able to support our enterprises and pay taxes.

Entrepreneurs, as a result of the seizure of those who had lost the Muman, went to court. The leadership of the PHA FAR was prepared for the process: I ordered an examination in the Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, which was controlled by it (GosniRH named after L.S. Berg), which confirmed the position of officials and recognized as the interference of fishing weapons. The fishermen opposed the conclusions of engaged experts. The court appointed a new examination in an independent institution. There is no conclusion yet.

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Another impossible requirement of the headlights of the headlights for fishermen is fixation and recording of the species and weight of all the caught fish directly in the boat. After each rise, he is on board and unloading the catch.

- This is possible only on the shore! - Roman Sorokodumov is outraged. - For smelt, we walk on metal boats: length - nine meters, width - two. Pour the caught fish to the bottom. Then, on the shore, it is weighed and recorded in the magazine. When we demanded to determine the weight of the caught fish immediately on the water, we said: show the person who is able to do this! No one will determine that.

“And the lack of a record in the journal is a serious violation, a fine and fish,” Nikolai Orlov sums up. - For any small enterprise in the new Ladoga, the fine is equal to the liquidation: where to pay it? We have no income.

- The headlights are imposing these requirements in order to not have small enterprises left in the region. We now see similar raids on Rybakov in the Novgorod, Pskov, Vologda regions. Khristenko is trying to crank the same operation in the northwest as in Kamchatka, one to one, ”said Alexei Kiselevich. - This is by and large - the redistribution of the market. But it would be okay in market ways: some enterprise came, offered the fishermen more salaries, new fishing tools, new ships-without question! But to use government agencies represented by territorial administration and other bodies is incorrect and illegal.

On May 18, a traditional festival of smelt is planned in the Leningrad Region. The main events should turn around in the new Ladoga. The event is usually attended by the governor of the region. The fishermen are not very preparing for celebrations today, but for an wrong conversation with Drozdenko are already ready.

OFFICIALLY
Viktor Ignatiev, Head of the Fish -Service Department in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region:

- We do not demand anything superfluous. Not me invented federal law, it has not changed since 2014. Just the norms of legislation, the rules of fishing, were not applied in the region to the previous leadership. I don’t know for what reasons, but previously such work was not conducted.

Preliminary weighing has always been supposed to be. And then on the shore - an accurate entry based on the results of weighing. I also determine the status of fishing gear, the scientific organization gave an answer. Now the court has appointed a second examination in another organization regarding the qualifications of fishing gear. We are waiting for this examination and court decision.

So far, we are not applying administrative sanctions to anyone, only preventive work is underway.

Ekaterina Slepneva, chairman of the industry trade union of fishing workers in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region:

- In mid -April, we were ready to reach the rally. Now we are trying to negotiate with those who create problems for fishermen. What the regulatory authorities are doing today is a misunderstanding. We are not the Far East, there has never been a lot of money here. Fishermen are forced to take the smelt at a low price of wholesalers, who then sell it throughout the northwest. Fishermen, performing hard physical work, receive minimal income. Small fishing enterprises in the Leningrad region give jobs, feed the region with fresh fish, pay taxes. They should not be destroyed, but protected.

The "new" also sent an official request to the PHA FAR SZTU. The department did not respond to him by the time of publication.