On February 23, this reporter learned from the Provincial Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Bureau today that Hunan has added 5 new national aquatic germplasm resources protection areas.
Among the 9th batch of national aquatic germplasm resources conservation areas announced by the Ministry of Agriculture, Hunan accounts for 5, including 2 in Dongting Lake District, 2 in Zishui and 1 in Yuanshui, which are the southern catfish of the Xiongjiadu section of the Lishui Hongdao in Anxiang County, the warp-billed bream in the Anxiang section of the Hudu River, the yellow-tailed bream in Shatang in the Xinshao section of Zishui, the Mongolian carp in the proposed pointed-headed carp of the Zishui Youxi River, and the large-finned bream in the Yuanshui Taohuayuan section.
According to the deployment of the Ministry of Agriculture, the newly approved five national aquatic germplasm resources protection areas are being implemented in terms of area range and functional zoning. So far, the total number of national aquatic germplasm resources protection areas in the province has reached 32. ■ Reporter Zhang Shangwu
Correspondent Wu Shenshu Li Shugeng