All operational groups are equipped with quadcopters and aircraft-type drones with a flight range of up to 100 km

In Kamchatka, illegal salmon fishing will be stopped using drones

RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Thursday, June 27, 2024, 06:50 (GMT + 9)

In the west of Kamchatka, illegal salmon fishing during the fishing season will be monitored using drones. This will be done by the Bolshaya River Association. It has already received permission to use drones to monitor poaching in the region.

“During the entire period of salmon spawning, the situation on the rivers of the Ust-Bolsheretsky and Elizovsky districts of Kamchatka will be monitored by drones,” the association said in a statement.

The organization noted that all operational groups are equipped with quadcopters and aircraft-type drones with a flight range of up to 100 km.

They intend to monitor the situation on the water bodies around the clock. The picture of what is happening will be transmitted in real-time. The association has already received permission for this work.

Kamchatka is the main region of Russia for the production of Pacific salmon. Last year, about 490 thousand tons of salmon were caught here. Moreover, almost a quarter of the catch occurred in the Kamchatka-Kuril subzone. Pink salmon, chum salmon, sockeye salmon and chinook salmon are caught in this area.

“Due to high demand in the domestic market, redfish (wild salmon) and caviar (salmon roe) continue to attract poachers. In addition to eliminating loopholes for the legalization of illegal products, fishing control plays a special role in the fight against illegal fishing, as they say, locally - on every river where fish go to spawn. Due to a whole range of factors, the capabilities of state fisheries protection are not enough to solve this difficult task. Therefore, public control plays an important role in preserving salmon stocks, one of Russia’s most valuable national resources,” German Zverev, President of the All-Russian Association of Fisheries Enterprises, Entrepreneurs and Exporters (VARPE), commented on the initiative.

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