According to the Yichang Fishery Sector, a fisherman from Dianjun District caught a one-meter-long Chinese sucker (Myxocyprinus Asiaticus) which belongs to the national second class protected animals and has already been released into the Yangtze River.

On the morning of August 24, Mr. Yang niangao, captured a Chinese sucker and phoned the Yichang Fishery Sector. After receiving the call, the officers from the sector drove to the scene immediately. After a thorough examination, the fishery law enforcement officers confirmed that the fish is a Chinese sucker (Myxocyprinus Asiaticus) which has been enlisted as a second class protected species in China. The Chinese sucker is 10 kg in weight and 1 m in length. After checking its health condition, the officers and fisherman returned the fish to the Yangtze River.

Since mid-July, the Yichang Fishery Sector has frequently received phone calls telling about the appearance of national protected aquatic animals in the Yangtze River with water level rise of the Yangtze River. According to the statistics from the Yichang Fishery Sector, it has handled two reports about sturgeon within 20 days. One of the sturgeons, more than 50 kg, was in Gezhouba Shiplock. The other report was that a fisherman accidentally caught a sturgeon. After the check by the officers, the sturgeon was given back to the Yangtze River. The officers dealt with 6 Chinese suckers and one of them is being treated in the Sturgeon Treatment Center. In late July, more than 10 finless porpoises gathered in groups in urban Miaozui reach of Yangtze River, which was rarely seen. In recent years, Yichang Fishery Sector actively combats illegal fishing, implementing the Yangtze River fishing prohibition and aquatic environment protection policy. Yichang has enjoyed a harmonious relationship with the nature. (Reporter, Li yuxian; Correspondent, Yi xianchao)