Campaign might save river’s fish
Print Edition
A LONG-RUNNING crackdown on illegal fishing along the Shanghai section of the Yangtze River has begun to bear fruit, the city’s fishery authority said yesterday.
The introduction late last year of round-the-clock patrols involving boats and helicopters has led to a significant reduction in unauthorized activity, it said.
The campaign was launched in response to reports of huge decreases in fish stocks in the river, whose ecological environment has been badly damaged by overfishing, pollution and the construction of hydropower plants, said Zhuang Ping, deputy director with the East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute.
The populations of several species, including the herring and chub, have fallen by more than 90 percent in the past four decades, he said.
“Many of the watercourses that the fish used to use for spawning have disappeared, and fish are dying out as a result,” he said.
To repair the environment and allow time for fish populations to be revitalized, Zhuang has called for a decade-long ban on commercial fishing along the river.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
