A resident of Teguldet district will be tried for catching red-book sturgeon

The Prosecutor’s office of the Teguldet district of the Tomsk region approved the indictment in a criminal case against a 32-year-old local resident. She is accused of illegal extraction, storage and transportation of particularly valuable aquatic biological resources.

So, in June 2026, a villager with the help of spinning caught one red-book Siberian sturgeon in the Chuly River. On her way home, she was stopped by traffic police. In the boat, which the woman was carrying on a trailer, they found illegal fish.

Damage to aquatic biological resources exceeded 480 thousand rubles. The offender reimbursed him in full.

The woman admitted the guilt partially, explaining that she does not understand the types of sturgeon fish. Her motorboat and Nissan X-Trail used to transport fish were seized for possible confiscation.

The criminal case was sent to the court for consideration on the merits.