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«The country instituted a 10-year fishing ban across the entire #Yangtze basin in 2021, used river police to enforce strict penalties, and continued broad environmental management. (...) "It demonstrates that bold protection and restoration strategies can be efficient in slowing down and even reverting human impacts on ecological communities,"»
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/china-banned-fishing-in-its-biggest-river-and-species-are-starting-to-recover
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China banned fishing in its biggest river, and species are starting to recover

Decades of overfishing and habitat degradation led to huge declines in freshwater biodiversity in China's longest river, but there are signs of recovery after a fishing ban was implemented in 2021.

Live Science
Feb 23 at 12:01amWeb
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«The seven-decadal #biodiversity loss was halted with improvements in fish #biomass, body condition, #species #diversity, and initial recovery of threatened #species. Eliminating #fishing pressure was likely key to this recovery, in addition to actions targeting #water quality improvement, hydrological and riparian habitat restoration, and vessel traffic reduction.»
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu5160
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