China Tries to Clean Up Its Fish Farms [Slide Show]
New practices in China’s ocean and lake farms are intended to raise healthier seafood while polluting the water less
Photography and reporting were supported by a grant from the Mongabay Special Reporting Initiatives program
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China Tries to Clean Up Its Fish Farms [Slide Show]
- NATURAL CLEANSER Wetlands serve as one of many water purification projects in effect around Wuhan, known as the land of a thousand lakes. Government scientists in partnership with local fish farms have also removed traditional cages in exchange for a free-swimming and carefully managed stock. ... (Dominic Bracco II / Prime/ Mongabay.org/ for Scientific American)
- HAND-PICKED A fisherman from the Zhangzidao Group swims along a cove off the coast of Zhangzi Island. The cove is locally famous because in 1972 its abalone was reportedly chosen for a banquet in honor of then-President Richard Nixon’s historic visit to China... (Dominic Bracco II / Prime/ Mongabay.org/ for Scientific American)
- URBAN LEGEND A couple looks at Taihu Lake and the Wuxi skyline from Fan Li Park. The park is named after a Chinese hero, Fan Li, a famous warrior and tactician who later wrote the world's first manual on aquaculture in the fifth century B.C... (Dominic Bracco II / Prime/ Mongabay.org/ for Scientific American)
- NOT EXTINCT YET A finless porpoise surfaces for air in an enclosure at the Freshwater Dolphin Research Center in Wuhan. In an effort to restore wildlife and clean its waterways Chinese scientists are studying how the finless porpoise responds... (Dominic Bracco II / Prime/ Mongabay.org/ for Scientific American)
- STOCKING Fish nets separate the fishing waters of two companies that have rights to cultivate on Liangzi Lake. Fish farming practices such as those used in this lake are much less demanding on the local ecosystem because the fishes essentially live free within the natural habitat; fertilizers and food supplements are not given to the stocked species. ... (Dominic Bracco II / Prime/ Mongabay.org/ for Scientific American)
