Employees of the Environmental Supervision Department of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture identified violations of law in Lower Kartli, Shida Kartli, and Samegrelo within the framework of the fight against poaching.
The Environmental Supervision Department shared the details about this information on its official Facebook page on March 5, 2025, Wednesday.
According to the details shared by the Environment Department, it should be noted that in the municipality of Dmanisi, on the river Mashavera, and in the municipality of Kaspi, on the river Mtkwari, citizens were fishing from inflatable boats using electric weapons. A breaker had illegally obtained up to 7 kilograms of trout fish in Lower Kartli.
Because the facts contained signs of criminal crimes, materials were sent to the appropriate authorities for further response.
In the city of Poti, on the bank of the river Kaparchina, a citizen had placed an electric weapon made in working condition on a motor boat in the harbor.
Because the manufacture, purchase, storage, carry, transfer, transfer, transfer, or key of an electric weapon is punishable by law, an offender has been made according to Article 181 Prima 6 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, which provides for a fine of 3000 Gel.
Fighting against poaching is a priority for the Department of Environmental Supervision. In 7 months of this year, department employees have revealed 488 cases of illegal fishing.
The crews of the Environmental Supervision Department conduct 24-hour continuous patrols across the country. It is to timely prevent, detect, and suppress illegal forest use, hunting, fishing, and other environmental violations.
In addition, an immediate response is provided to each message received on the hotline (153) of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture.
