Banned fish cages in China's largest freshwater lake draw fire from netizens

Banned fish cages in China's largest freshwater lake draw fire from netizens

By Zhao Li

Source: ecns

10/27/2022

A video showing rows of fish and shrimp cages on the dried bed of Poyang Lake went viral on Chinese social media, sparking heated debate on how they were under a 10-year local fishing ban.

"In the deepest part of Poyang Lake, we found four fish and shrimp traps. They are so long that we could not even see their edge," said a volunteer in the video.

The mesh cages are often used by local fishermen to snare fish and shrimp.

But China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has set strict limits on the minimum fishing mesh size in water areas to avoid damage to fish resources and local ecology.

But the cages found in Poyang Lake had mesh of only two millimeters, making it difficult for baby fish and shrimp to escape.

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