Is it legal to raise fish in irrigation channels? Judicial mediation of fish farming irrigation disputes

In dealing with common civil disputes in rural areas, for some group disputes, as long as the relevant staff go deep into the problem at the first time, grasp the actual situation of the dispute and find out the crux of the problem, they can often quickly calm down the disputes. "Director Liu, dozens of villagers in our Dongcun group have disputes with the fish pond contractor because of pumping irrigation. If they are not good, they will do it. Come and mediate. " 2011may 15 at noon, a rush of telephone ringing broke the tranquility of the judicial office in Dongba Town, Binhai City, Jiangsu Province. It turned out that some farmers in Chengdong Village of Dongba Town had a dispute with the fish pond contractor because of irrigation and water intake. The staff of the judicial office rushed to the scene and found two pumps and two diesel engines parked by the fish pond. More than 20 villagers are quarreling fiercely with 1 middle-aged man, and things are about to get out of control. The staff immediately squeezed into the crowd and said loudly: "We are from the town judicial office. Please don't make noise. No matter how difficult it is, everyone should sit down and negotiate. " The mood of both sides gradually stabilized.

The staff learned that in April of 1998, Wang Hongjiang, a villager, signed an agreement with the village committee of Chengdong Village to contract a contiguous fish pond of Chengdong Group 100 mu for a period of 30 years, and agreed that the water used in the center of the pond above 0.7 meters should be used for irrigation, and the water used below 0.7 meters should be used for emergency irrigation of people, livestock or farmland in this group. A few years ago, because there was no drought, the fish pond stored enough water to meet the production and living water of this group of villagers, and there was no contradiction. 20 1 1 year, due to the spring drought, the seedlings in the farmland dried up seriously, and some dead seedlings fell from trees, so the villagers had to go to the fish pond to pump water, but the water storage in the fish pond was less than in previous years. Wang Hongjiang, a fish pond contractor, thinks that the water level in the fish pond is not high. Once it doesn't rain for a long time, pumping water again will affect the growth of fry, so he refused to pump water from the villagers. The villagers thought that the fish pond was a collective fish pond in the village and insisted on pumping water, so there was a fierce quarrel between the two sides.

The staff visited the farmland and found that the seedlings were seriously short of water. If they are not irrigated in time, their normal growth will be affected and even become dead seedlings, resulting in production losses. Moreover, the weather forecast also shows that it will not rain in the near future. Therefore, at present, only a part of the water in the fish pond can be extracted to solve the urgent need. The staff also estimated the current water storage capacity by looking at the topography of the fish pond, asked the contractor about the feeding amount of fish fry in the fish pond, consulted fishery experts, and confirmed that the normal water demand of fish fry would not be affected when the water level in the fish pond was 0.6 meters, while the water level in the fish pond above 0.6 meters could basically alleviate the current drought situation in farmland. Therefore, the staff of the judicial office suggested that the village, the team and the contractor mark the water level in the center of the pond together, and the villagers should draw more than 0.6 meters of water for seedling protection and less than 0.6 meters of water as pond water to protect fish fry and domestic water for people and animals. In the face of sufficient theoretical basis and facts, villagers and contractors unanimously agreed to this proposal.

A water dispute that may lead to a large-scale battle was resolved through timely mediation.