On March 24th, the people of Sucheng District, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province announced that 22 suspects had illegally caught more than 60,000 kilograms of snails during the fishing ban in Hongze Lake, and were sentenced to one year's imprisonment of 10 months to six months, or three months' detention of 15 days to three months. What happened: From around Tomb-Sweeping Day on October 6, 20, 2004 to April 4, 2004, during the fishing ban in Hongze Lake, Defendant Sun organized 22 defendants, including Han Yuxi and Yang Yulan, to illegally catch snails in Hongze Lake in Chenqu, Sihong County for many times, totaling 62,083 kilograms. In the trial stage of the case, Sun and others have paid more than 250,000 yuan for ecological restoration to restore the fishery resources and environment of Hongze Lake. Because this illegal snail fishing case is a criminal case that damages the environment and resources with the largest catch and the largest number of people involved in Jiangsu Province. On the afternoon of the 23rd, the case was formally pronounced. Twenty-two defendants were convicted of illegal fishing of aquatic products and sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of one year, ten months to six months or criminal detention of three months and fifteen days to three months respectively. Among them, Sun was sentenced to one year and ten months in prison for catching a snail weighing 62 tons. Snails are an important biological species to maintain the self-purification ability of water bodies. Snails are forbidden to catch aquatic products all the year round on Hongze Lake. Therefore, it is illegal to catch snails during the fishing ban, and criminal responsibility should be investigated if the circumstances are serious.