Goddess of the Yangtze River Fishing Lake witnessed the 5 endangered porpoise survival pollution

 Yesterday, WWF (World Wildlife Fund), Xiaoxiang Morning, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and other units jointly launched the Morning, the finless porpoise watch expedition to the five witnesses to the

clouds lake dredging ship and .

boat on the lake road, people see a lot of dredging vessels, breakdown of the volunteers about the 5 mile long lake with 254, the roar of the motor will be issued this lake into a noise field, finless porpoise habitat destruction. 10:03, it smelled a pungent odor, smoke next to a factory in Yueyang City, the relevant fishery management station staff that this is a paper mill. Ship for some time, the lake a root pole erected, filled with set nets, which is commonly known as a scam, in the fishing season, set nets and most of these key practices, the destruction of large porpoises.

monitors witnessed five 10:50 or so, another person on board ship sent to monitor the message Wang Kexiong said that porpoises can not stay long in the water, often occur in pairs, with years of experience, he believes warm weather, nice view, you can see porpoises.

11:30, the sun warmer, suddenly, the right side of the ship, a big black finless porpoise exposed back, sparkling in the sun, monitors say it is a large dolphin. There are a porpoise just surfaced, soon disappeared, only 30 seconds. While we deeply regret the time, after a few minutes to monitor the ship's left of the finless porpoise appeared, close to shore, a total of three, in the lake revealed the dark on the back. This time, most media to photograph pictures of finless porpoise, volunteers and even more excited for witnesses to the finless porpoise.

porpoise electric fishing and water pollution threaten the survival

Yangtze finless porpoise population is less than the giant panda, is only 1,000 bulls, but also at an annual rate of 6.8% plummeted. 7 finless porpoise in Dongting Lake study, Wang Kexiong baiji and finless porpoise in Dongting Lake and they have like a familiar old friend. In 2006, the expedition never figure Midao dolphin, dolphin and porpoise in life on Earth more than 2,500 years, the finless porpoise will be the next baiji it?

What made the situation extremely dangerous depths of the finless porpoise it? Fishery Management Zhanfuzhanchang Tang Heming Yueyang City, said the illegal electric fishing on the finless porpoise, great harm, porpoises once power in general is difficult to escape. Wang Kexiong said yesterday the investigation from the point of view, the factors that cause danger finless porpoise has been basically they gathered. In addition to electric fishing, water pollution of the Yangtze finless porpoise in Dongting Lake has been the survival of the most serious threats. In January 2010 the investigation process, that exposed the sewage outfall is five, of which three for the paper mill outfall. Chemical plants and paper mills Chenglingji more terminals, the regional air pungent. Town Pier antlers have larger mills, glistening Town, there are paper mills, the day of sewage water in the formation of stretch for several kilometers downstream of the white foam tape. In addition, overfishing of fishery resources has led to severe food shortages finless porpoise, finless porpoise is also a serious threat to the survival. (Xiaoxiang Morning News reporters Liu Shao and Long Yueyang report)