The Yangtze River Restoration Is Working: 300 Dams Gone, Fish Return
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The Yangtze River Restoration Is Working: 300 Dams Gone, Fish Return
In April 2025, something happened on the Chishui River in southwestern China that scientists had not witnessed in a quarter of a century. Twenty adult Yangtze sturgeon, released into the water by researchers, began to spawn naturally. Their eggs hatched. Fry emerged. For a species declared extinct in the wild by the IUCN in 2022, it was a moment of quiet triumph, and it marked the culmination of one of the most ambitious Yangtze River restoratio…
Since 2021, the Yangtse River has been closed to fishing. China has imposed a 10-year moratorium on this river to halt the collapse of aquatic biodiversity. The Chinese Academy of Sciences has measured the effects of this decision on 57 sections between 2018 and 2023. Its study, published on February 12, 2026, shows that the continuing decline since the 1950s has reversed. A Yangtse River emptied in seven decades In the 1950s, fishermen drew mor…
A Yangtze Fish’s Return Marks a Decade of Ecological Recovery
Chongqing — A patrol boat moves through the clear waters of the Yangtze River in Fengjie County, Chongqing. Suddenly, a splash breaks the surface beside the boat — a school of fish appears. For Yang Yegang, a member of a local fish protection team who spends his days on the river, the scene reflects a decade of ecological change along China’s longest waterway. "The fish have really come back," Yang said. The banks of the Yangtze River in Fengji…
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