Sigi from Imandra can cost poachers 1 million rubles or 5 years in prison

In Apatity, police detained two local residents for illegal fishing on Lake Imandra. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Murmansk region.

Men born in 1985 and 1987 fished with six fixed nets from an inflatable boat. The nets and the boat were seized. According to preliminary data, they caught 24 Sig-peasants by almost ten kilograms, as well as one Harius and Nalima. They did not have permits, but they caught in spawning places and on the migration routes of fish. The damage exceeded 33 thousand rubles.

A criminal case was opened against them under the article on illegal extraction of aquatic biological resources. They face from two to five years in prison or a fine of 500 thousand to one million rubles.

Earlier, “MK in Murmansk” said that for the murder of a bear in the Murmansk region poachers can sit for five years.