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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, December 10 (Xinhua) — China has achieved important results in its 10-year fishing ban on the Yangtze River, strengthening aquatic life protection, relocating fishermen who abandoned fishing, and contributing to environmental restoration, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced Wednesday.
The Ministry, in collaboration with relevant agencies, implemented assistance measures to ensure the livelihoods of former fishermen. As of the end of September, all 142,000 former fishermen who were able and willing to work had been employed; all 220,000 former fishermen who met the criteria had been enrolled in the pension insurance program.
Thanks to active conservation and restoration efforts, the Yangtze River's aquatic biodiversity continues to improve. In 2025, more than 970,000 Chinese sturgeon were released, with over 60 percent of them already entering the ocean through the Yangtze River estuary.
In addition, active restoration of important and key habitats is being carried out, strict control of protected areas of aquatic genetic resources is being exercised, and scientific stocking is being carried out.
To improve biodiversity in the Yangtze River basin, China imposed a complete fishing ban in 332 protected areas in January 2020. A 10-year fishing ban on the main channel of the Yangtze River and its major tributaries took effect on January 1, 2021.
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