From April 25th, state inspectors of the Republic of Tatarstan for nature protection revealed 244 violations of nature protection legislation in water areas of the Republic

In the course of the campaign “Nerest-2014” held in compliance with the order of the Ministry of forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan as of April 10th, 2014 No. № 131-osn, state inspectors of the Republic of Tatarstan for nature protection revealed 244 violations of nature protection legislation in water areas of the Republic of Tatarstan. All in all, 98 protocols on administrative violations in compliance with article 8.39 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation were drawn up. Thirty three cases were referred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan for initiation of legal cases. In the course of the operation, 142 devices of illegal nature use were withdrawn from offenders including 133 nets, as well as 172.4 kg of fish. The fines in the amount of 285 thousand rubles were imposed on individuals for the past period, and the damage worth of 168.6 thousand rubles was brought against offenders.