Fish out of water in China river clean-up bid

Fish out of water in China river clean-up bid
07 Jun 2007 09:19:43 GMT

BEIJING, June 7 (Reuters) - Chinese efforts to restock a polluted northern river with fish ran into problems when more than 1,000 residents started hauling them out almost as soon as they were put in, state media said on Thursday.

More than 3,000 workers from fishery departments of northeast China's Jilin and Liaoning provinces on Tuesday released 13 truckloads of carp fry into the Songhua River "in the hope of improving its ecology", Xinhua news agency said.

"Shortly after the release was completed, more than 1,000 residents in Jilin swarmed to the riverbank with nets and other fishing equipment," Xinhua said.

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