Problems And Improvement Paths Of The Legal System For The Protection Of Endangered Aquatic Wildlife

At the beginning of the founding of the People’s Republic of China,China was rich in fishery resources.But our country is not aware of the protection of aquatic wildlife and has used it as the main source of national economic revenue,resulting in a serious reduction in a large number of fishery resources and the imminent extinction of some species.In recent years,due to the continuous development of society,people’s indiscriminate hunting of endangered aquatic wildlife has often occurred.Endangered aquatic wildlife is facing an increasingly serious threat to their survival.How to protect endangered aquatic wildlife has become a major task of the times.At home and abroad,we attach great importance to the protection of endangered aquatic wildlife.China has taken a variety of powerful measures to effectively deal with the protection of endangered aquatic wildlife.The scientific improvement of the legal system have become an important basis for measuring their timeliness.The outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia has made the protection of wildlife pay great attention to at home and abroad.Since the outbreak of the epidemic,Chinese scholars have repeatedly called for the revision of the Wildlife Protection Law.Taking the outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia as the starting point,this paper systematically sorts out the legal situation of the protection of endangered aquatic wildlife in China,examines the existing problems,and puts forward a perfect path to improve the legal system for the protection of endangered aquatic wildlife in China.The article consists of seven chapters,as follows:Chapter one introduction.The introduction mainly introduces the research background and significance of this paper,the current research situation at home and abroad,the research ideas and methods,and the research innovation points and shortcomings.Through sorting out and analysing the current situation abroad,it is found that the legal system for the protection of endangered aquatic wildlife abroad is relatively perfect,which is worth learning from by our country.The second chapter is an overview of endangered aquatic wildlife.This paper mainly expounds the concept of wildlife and the concept of aquatic wildlife,so as to introduce the concept of endangered aquatic wildlife.It also analyzes the legal scope of endangered aquatic wildlife in relevant legislation,and introduces three important values of endangered aquatic wildlife.In addition,the theoretical basis for the protection of endangered aquatic wildlife,that is,the concept of ecological civilization,the theory of sustainable development and the theory of ecological balance,should always be guided by these three theories when protecting endangered aquatic wildlife.The third chapter is the general situation of legal protection and its problems.The legal situation and existing problems of protecting this species are discussed.These include the outdated content and slow updating of the existing directory in the classification protection system,and the lack of a special protection system for endangered aquatic wildlife.The habitat protection system is one-sided,and the change of habitat environmental protection is difficult to cope with and the allocation of funds is unreasonable.There are gaps in the management system of business utilization,imperfect hunting and trade systems,unclear animal welfare systems,and lack of public participation system,etc.The fourth chapter is the general situation of the legal system for the protection of endangered aquatic wildlife in international and western developed countries and its reference.This paper analyzes the general situation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the legal system for the protection of endangered aquatic wildlife in China.In addition,it also analyzes the legal system for the protection of endangered aquatic wildlife in western developed countries,such as the public participation system,the habitat protection system and the listing system of the United States.Du,British animal welfare system,German hunting system,etc.The five chapter is the path of legal protection and improvement.This chapter puts forward corresponding improvement paths for the problems existing in China’s legal protection,improves the classification and protection system,timely updates the list,expands the contents of the list,and establishes and improves the special protection system for endangered aquatic wildlife.Improve the habitat protection system,establish and improve the habitat environmental protection system,and improve the habitat protection fund system.Improve the management system of operation and utilization,and improve the hunting system and trade system.Architecture the wildlife welfare system and follow the five major principles of international animal welfare.Establish a public participation mechanism for the protection of endangered aquatic wildlife and broaden the channels for public participation.The six chapter is summary.This chapter summarises the article and has a long way to go in improving the legal system for the protection of endangered aquatic wildlife.The author hopes that the legislature and scientific research institutions will take this reformulation of the Wildlife Protection Law as an opportunity to make up for the vacancies in the current legal system for the protection of endangered aquatic wildlife,and seek a systematic and scientific legal system for the protection of endangered aquatic wildlife,so that the revised Wildlife Protection Law can be strengthened.Great legal effect to better protect precious aquatic wildlife.