There are quite a few ice fishing enthusiasts in our country. Ice makes all parts and depths of a water body accessible. However, when venturing onto the frozen surface, not every fisherman remembers that a water body is also someone's home, and littering on the ice is akin to scattering trash while being a guest. At the end of the ice fishing season, water bodies often turn into dumps for all kinds of waste: from sunflower seed husks and cigarette butts to various plastic, tin, and glass containers. All this junk sinks to the bottom every spring.
For this violation, administrative responsibility is provided for under Article 16.44, Part 3 of the Code of the Republic of Belarus on Administrative Offenses, with a fine of up to thirty base units, for an individual entrepreneur – up to one hundred base units, and for a legal entity – up to one thousand base units.