China’s Yellow River loses one-third of fish species
Human encroachment and scant rainfall is responsible for causing about one-third of the fish species in the Yellow River, China's second longest, to go extinct.
The Ministry of Agriculture says there used to be 150 species of fish living in the Yellow River….but at least one third of them are gone for good.
The human element:
1. Overfishing
2. Persistent dumping
3. Hydropower
are responsible for degrading the underwater ecological environment.
The natural element:
1. low precipitation
2. arid climate
has caused the water level to fall.
Annual 700,000 kilograms of fish catches is now at about 40% of that level.
The Yellow River originates in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau and stretches for 5,464 kilometers (longer than the United States is wide) and supplies water to 155 million people and 15% of China's farmland.
Freshwater output of fish hit 2.87 million tons in 2005.
Presently…66% of the water is undrinkable…and getting worse.
It is time to clean the Yellow River up.
What do you think?
Not only would I not eat aquatic food of any kind in China, I would not swim anywhere.
Another thing, do you know the secret of defeating the People’s Liberation Army in any battle/war? Cut off their supply of tobacco, and they will surrender in no time, because 99.99% of them are really heavy smokers.
Leave a comment!