A total of 5,500 Chinese sturgeons are released into the Yangtze River, the longest river in China, on Dec 18, 2019, to enrich the aquatic resources and restore the ecosystem of the river. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
A total of 5,500 Chinese sturgeons were released on Wednesday into the Yangtze River, the longest river in China, to enrich the aquatic resources and restore the ecosystem of the river.
The Chinese sturgeons, let go in Wuhan of Hubei province, were bred by the Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences.
The baby Chinese sturgeons added this time are 10 centimeters long on average to ensure they survive in the river, according to the Wuhan Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, which organized the release.
Wuhan has been releasing Chinese sturgeons into the river since 2002.
Believed to have lived at the same time as the dinosaurs, the Chinese sturgeon has existed for more than 140 million years.
