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· 2020-12-25 · Source: Xinhua News Agency
A finless porpoise is seen in the Yangtze River in Yichang, Hubei Province in central China, on August 3(XINHUA)
Instead of sailing a boat and catching fish on the Yangtze River, ex-fisherman Wang Gende s daily work now is skippering an engineering boat to provide port services on the longest waterway in China. Many kinds of fish and creatures have reappeared after fishermen moved ashore and stopped fishing, said Wang, from Yuanjiang Village in Anqing City, east China s Anhui Province.
The Yangtze, which stretches over 6,300 km, has a rich and complex terrain and climate along its basin and boasts one of the highest levels of biodiversity in the world.
Biodiversity recovering in China s longest river with fishing ban
Pub Date:2020-12-25 09:09
Source:Xinhua The Yangtze River, China s longest waterway, boasts one of the highest levels of biodiversity in the world. However, the protection situation of some rare and unique aquatic species is grim. In January, in a significant move to protect biodiversity, China began a 10-year fishing moratorium in 332 conservation areas in the basin, which will expand to all the natural waterways of the river and its major tributaries from no later than Jan. 1, 2021. The effort is seeing notable results. The biodiversity is recovering in the Yangtze, with the species number increasing, endangered species protected, and water quality further improved.
2020-12-25 02:58:10 GMT2020-12-25 10:58:10(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
Ex-fisherman Wang Gende arranges ropes on an engineering boat in Anqing, east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)
HEFEI/NANJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) Instead of sailing a boat and catching fish on the Yangtze River, ex-fisherman Wang Gende s daily work now is skippering an engineering boat to provide port services on the longest waterway in China. Many kinds of fish and creatures have reappeared after fishermen moved ashore and stopped fishing, said Wang, from Yuanjiang Village in Anqing City, east China s Anhui Province.
The Yangtze, which stretches over 6,300 km, has a rich and complex terrain and climate along its basin and boasts one of the highest levels of biodiversity in the world.
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Video PlayerClose The Yangtze River, China s longest waterway, boasts one of the highest levels of biodiversity in the world. However, the protection situation of some rare and unique aquatic species is grim. In January, in a significant move to protect biodiversity, China began a 10-year fishing moratorium in 332 conservation areas in the basin, which will expand to all the natural waterways of the river and its major tributaries from no later than Jan. 1, 2021. The effort is seeing notable results. The biodiversity is recovering in the Yangtze, with the species number increasing, endangered species protected, and water quality further improved.