Source: CCTV news client
Today (June 6) is the 7th National "Fish Release Day". This morning, the launching ceremony of the "6.6 Fish Release Day" synchronous fish release activity in Hunan Province was held in Changsha Orange Island.
After strict quarantine by the aquatic biological inspection and quarantine department and notarization by the notary office, 80.32 million fish species, rare fish and benthic animals were released to the Xiangjiang River on the spot, including: 30 million summer flowers of the four major fish, 5,000 parents of the four major fish, 100,000 rouge fish, 100,000 Xianghua carp, 100,000 back tumor clams, and 20,000 round field snails. Changsha Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs provided "four big fish" spring flakes, 5 million summer flowers, and 30,000 tails of cocked squid. At the same time, 35 counties and municipalities in the province jointly carried out synchronous fish release activities, and a total of 135 million fry and fingerlings were released into natural waters.
Carrying out artificial breeding and stocking of fish can effectively increase aquatic biological resources, restore the ecological environment of water areas, and maintain biodiversity, which is an important measure to maintain the water ecology and water environment of Hunan. This year, Hunan Province will focus on dongting Lake, the "four waters" and its tributaries, the waters of the Pearl River Hunan, large reservoirs of more than 50 square kilometers, and the waters of the aquatic germplasm resources protection area, and uniformly organize the proliferation and stocking of aquatic organisms, and plan to release more than 626 million fish species and parents (grains) throughout the year, mainly releasing economic species such as "four big fish", silver fish eggs, and rare species such as giant salamander, cochineal carp, and dorsal tumor clams.
Hunan Province has organized and carried out province-wide artificial breeding and stocking activities for more than 20 consecutive years, and has achieved obvious results. Data from the Hunan Institute of Fishery Sciences shows that in the Dongting Lake basin, from 2008 to 2019, the proportion of four major fish in the catch rebounded from 2.4% to 18%. (Reporter Jiang Wenjing)