It's all part of a recent emphasis that the Chinese government has had on recovering the river's ecosystem to former glories.

Both the Chinese Paddlefish and the Yangtze Sturgeon were common species in the Yangzte river basin which has been plagued by heavy shipping traffic, overfishing and water pollution.

The Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis) is the largest anadromous fish in the Yangtze River and is considered a critically endangered species with only one spawning ground. Additionally, it has ...

The Yangtze sturgeon, a nationally protected first-class animal, was once a vital part of the river's ecosystem. However, by the early 2000s, water pollution, overfishing and other factors had ...

Scientists hope the sturgeon known as the Yangtze's last giant and other rare species may return to their breeding grounds as a result China has demolished 300 dams and shut down most of the small ...

The sturgeon, 3.2 meters long and weighing in at 222 kilograms, was captured last October in the Yangtze River. Experts believe it is 20 to 30 years old. The life expectancy of the Chinese ...

BEIJING, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from CRI Online: Recently, the ambassadors to China from Brazil, Georgia, Guatemala, Italy, M ...

On Sept. 29, 2021, Mei finally received a report issued by the Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute under the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences stating that his fish were “consistent with the ...

Wei Qiwei, chief scientist at the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences who led and co-authored the 2020 study, told Sixth Tone that the extinction of the Chinese paddlefish has sounded an alarm for the ...

The Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis) is the largest anadromous fish in the Yangtze River and is considered a critically endangered species with only one spawning ground. Additionally, it has ...

A paint chemical that is widely used in China is leaking into the Yangtze river and may be responsible for deformities and decreasing numbers of rare wild Chinese sturgeon, a study has found.

The extinction of the Chinese Paddlefish and wild Yangtze Sturgeon, ... showed that 100% of the world's remaining 26 sturgeon species are now at risk of extinction, up from 85% in 2009.