The construction of the Three Gorges Reservoir is very forward-looking, in this regard, Dr. Sun Yat-sen is very prescient, the Three Gorges Reservoir benefits the middle and lower reaches of the people, promotes the local economic development, in the power, shipping, ecology, water supply and other aspects have made great achievements.
The Three Gorges Reservoir is not naturally formed, but Chinese rely on its own strength to cut off the flow of the Yangtze River and build one of the world's greatest projects - the Three Gorges Hydropower Station. After the completion of the Three Gorges Hydropower Station, the Yangtze River was naturally cut off, and the upstream became a man-made reservoir, into which people stored water, and over time, it had its current scale.
As long as the Three Gorges Reservoir exists, there is still water, it can continue to replenish water to the middle and lower reaches, according to the data:
From November 11, 2021 to February 28, 2022 at 8 o'clock, the Three Gorges Reservoir fell to 169.30 meters in an orderly manner, accumulating 5.2 billion cubic meters of water downstream, equivalent to the water volume of 370 West Lakes, effectively ensuring the supply of water for people's production and domestic use.
From the beginning of the three gorges reservoir to now has been 18 years, in these 18 years, enough to happen a lot of things, for the three gorges reservoir, is nothing more than flood discharge and water storage two things, but in fact, there is another thing that everyone has overlooked, that is, the fish in the Three Gorges reservoir. How big is the Three Gorges Reservoir? 1084 sq km! Such a large area is the place where the fish live, and for them, it is simply paradise.
Most importantly, there is no human disturbance here, the fish can live and develop freely, and the fish in the Three Gorges Reservoir have been breeding for 18 years, and the body shape must have changed a lot. How big is the biggest fish in the reservoir?
The Three Gorges Reservoir is only part of the Yangtze River Basin, so to be precise, the largest fish in the Three Gorges Reservoir is not necessarily the largest fish in the Yangtze River Basin, so what is the largest fish in the Yangtze River Basin? I think everyone can say it too!
Chinese sturgeon is the largest and heaviest fish in the Yangtze River Basin, and the adult Chinese sturgeon can reach a maximum length of 5 meters and weigh 600 pounds, which can be said to be the overlord of the Yangtze River Basin and a predator at the top of the food chain in the Yangtze River Basin. Chinese sturgeon has always been known as the "giant panda in the water", which is a national key protected wild animal, which is enough to see the preciousness and rarity of the Chinese sturgeon.
In addition to the current Yangtze River, the Chinese sturgeon in addition to the current Yangtze River, in the Qiantang River, Ganjiang River, Xiang River are possible, but the probability is very small, mainly in the Yangtze River Basin, but because of environmental pollution and human overfishing, we have been difficult to see the Chinese sturgeon, in order to better protect the Yangtze River fish resources including the Chinese sturgeon, we began to implement the Yangtze River ten-year fishing ban plan, while establishing the Chinese Sturgeon Conservation Area, there are currently 3 Chinese Sturgeon Conservation Area.
However, in the Three Gorges Reservoir, the Chinese sturgeon is not the largest fish, many people feel strange, the Chinese sturgeon is the largest and heaviest fish in the Yangtze River, the Three Gorges Reservoir is part of the Yangtze River, how the Chinese sturgeon is not the largest and heaviest fish in the Three Gorges Reservoir. Unfortunately, in the list of the heaviest fish in the Three Gorges Reservoir, the Chinese sturgeon is not in the catalog at all, because the Three Gorges Reservoir has a height difference and is separated by the Three Gorges Hydropower Station, and the Chinese sturgeon cannot complete the migration and cannot enter the Three Gorges Reservoir, so it is excluded.
So what kind of fish is the heaviest in the Three Gorges Reservoir?
In the upstream area of the Three Gorges Reservoir, some people caught a large fish weighing hundreds of kilograms, and everyone was confused, how long did it live, how much did it eat to grow so big? In the tributary of the Yangtze River in the Yunyang Dragon Tank Scenic Area, there is a fisherman who caught a bighead carp weighing 300 kilograms, what is the concept of 300 kilograms, believe in how many pounds you have, how many you can compare with it.
Bighead carp is a relatively fast-growing fish, mainly living in the middle and upper layers of the water, so it is easy to be caught, if it lives in the depths, it must be difficult to catch. The 300-pound bighead carp also tells us that this may not be the largest fish in the Three Gorges Reservoir, and perhaps there are heavier fish, but they are not caught.
In fact, we can often hear about someone catching a hundred pounds of fish in the Yangtze River, especially in recent years. I think the first reason is that the ecology of the Yangtze River Basin has improved a lot. You know, the Yangtze River ten years ago, the water source is very dirty, often you can see pieces of garbage floating on the river surface, domestic garbage, branches, plastic bottles everywhere. However, with the improvement of people's awareness of environmental protection and the country's heavy hammer, the environment has improved, and residents living on the Yangtze River must be more touched.
The second reason is that the Yangtze River fishing ban plan has achieved remarkable results. When the plan was not implemented, people were still fishing heavily, and the economic fish resources of the Yangtze River were seriously scarce, let alone fishing for large fish, I was afraid that even small shrimp could not be caught. After the implementation of the plan, people stopped fishing and fish were able to thrive, so the possibility of large fish being born was high.
It is believed that with the efforts of people and the strong protection of the government, the fish in the Yangtze River Basin will live more freely, and the environment of the Yangtze River will become better and better.