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Yangtze River fishing ban halts seven decades of biodiversity decline
- February 12, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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The Yangtze River Basin, a global biodiversity hotspot, has endured severe ecological degradation over several decades due to intense human activity, leading to a marked decline in aquatic biodiversity. In order to halt this 70-year trend, the Chinese government instituted a comprehensive 10-year fishing ban on the Yangtze River in 2021.
Originally published at Phys.org