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Chinese Sturgeon Farm

Chinese sturgeon is a kind of large and rare economic fish which is called a live fossil.It could have originated from ancient fish living in the dinosaur age.In 1981,when the Gezhouba Dam was built,the passage to the Jinshan River, the habitual breeding ground of the fish, was blocked.Scientists of Gezhouba Engineering Bureau and the aquatic products department of Yichang City worked together to build a base for China Sturgeon to breed.They succeeded.It's an efficient way of protecting and developing Chinese sturgeon and it has become a special tourist attraction.