Watery Grave for Yangtze River Fish
(Beijing)—Fishermen along the banks of the mighty Yangtze River have long spoken of emptier nets and longer waits for a catch.On April 2, an unusual auction held in a downstream city in Jiangsu Province added weight to their bleak reports: A single, 325-gram saury fish, a graceful species once common in the river, was sold to the highest bidder for a shocking 59,000
Source: chinafile.com