The fishing ban in the Xijiang River ends!

The four-month fishing ban along the Xijiang River ended at midnight on June 30th. Starting from midnight on July 1st, fishermen along the Xijiang River in Yunfu City set sail one after another, commencing a new round of fishing.

In the early morning of July 1st, after the fishing opening ceremony, nearly 40 fishing boats from Shangkeng Village, Yun'an District, set sail one after another. Fishermen were busy on the river, casting nets, hauling in catches, and weighing them, bringing the Xijiang River back to life after a four-month rest.

Fisherman Li Jinrong started preparing his fishing gear at 4:00 AM, placing fish traps in suitable areas along the river. In less than half a day, he had a bountiful catch. "Today's catch is quite good. We caught Xijiang River shrimp, bighead carp, and white amur bream, among others. There are various sizes, with some weighing around 12 kilograms and others about six to seven kilograms."

On the same day, fisherman Li Shuijin caught a notable 19.9-kilogram bighead carp with his first haul of the fishing season. "This one was caught in Shangkeng Village. The fish now are exceptionally plump and delicious."

The Xijiang River stretches for 118 kilometers within Yunfu, with clear waters and deep currents, boasting abundant fisheries resources. Species such as grass carp, perch,Japanese grenadier anchovy, white amur bream, silver carp, and Xijiang River shrimp are renowned as "Xijiang River delicacies." As soon as the fresh and plump Xijiang River delicacies are brought ashore, they attract many residents and businesses to purchase them.

Among them, a local food company has adopted an innovative model of "develop enterprises to promote agriculture", where it directly purchases Xijiang River fish caught by fishermen to help them increase their income. "We have established processing plants along the Xijiang River to purchase and process the fish caught by fishermen into dried fish, which not only solves the sales issues for fishermen but also promotes our brand of Yunfu dried Xijiang River fish." said Huang Zhenming, Chairman of Yunfu Dajiang Food Co., Ltd.

It is reported that since 2011, Yunfu has implemented a 14-year consecutive ban on fishing in the Xijiang River. The fishing ban area includes the main and tributary streams of the Xijiang River under Yunfu's jurisdiction. After years of implementing the fishing ban, significant increases have been observed in economically important species such as blank amur bream, white amur bream, and mud carp. Biodiversity has been protected, and aquatic ecosystems have been restored as a result.

Source: Yangcheng Evening News

開捕！西江禁漁期結束

爲期四個月的西江禁漁期於6月30日24時結束，7月1日零時起正式開捕，雲浮市西江沿線的漁民紛紛啓航，開始新一輪的捕撈作業。

7月1日大清早，在開漁儀式後，雲安區六都鎮上六村委上坑村的近40艘漁船依次出港，漁民們在江上忙着撒網、起撈、稱重等，讓休憩了四個月的西江再次熱鬧了起來。

漁民李金榮早上四點開始準備捕魚工具，在西江找到合適的水域放置魚籠，不到半天的時間就收穫頗豐。“今天收穫也算不錯，有西江蝦、鱅魚、鯿魚等，各個品種都有一些，大的有十二斤左右，小的也有六七斤。”

當天，漁民李水金開漁第一網捕撈的一條19.9斤的鱅魚也非常吸睛。“今天在上坑村簕頭咀捕獲的，經過禁漁期，魚身特別肥美。”

西江在雲浮域內延綿118公里，水清流深，漁業資源豐富，鯇魚、鱸魚、刀魚、鯿魚、鰱魚、西江蝦等是聞名遐邇的“西江河鮮”。新鮮肥美的西江河鮮一上岸就吸引了四面八方來客，不少市民和商家蜂擁而至，前來採購。

其中，有本地的食品公司“以企帶農”的創新模式，定向收購漁民捕獲的西江魚，助力漁民增收。“我們在西江邊設置了加工廠，針對漁民捕撈的魚進行收購再加工，製作成魚乾，這樣不僅解決漁民的銷售問題，也打響我們雲浮西江魚乾的品牌。”雲浮市大江食品有限公司董事長黃鎮明表示。

據悉，雲浮從2011年起已連續14年實施西江禁漁制度，禁漁區域包含雲浮市管轄的西江干流、支流公共自然水域。經過實施多年的西江禁漁制度，西江魚類資源如廣東魴、鯿魚和鯪魚等多個經濟物種有明顯增加，生物多樣性得到保護，水域生態也得到修復。

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