XINING - China's largest inland salt lake contained around 80,000 tonnes of naked carp in 2017, 30 times the number in 2002, according to local authorities Wednesday."Qinghai Lake has seen a 14-percent annual growth of naked carp stock this year," said Wang Hai, head of the fishing bureau of northwest China's Qinghai Province.Owing to over-fishing and environmental deterioration, the population of naked carp sharply declined in the 1960s and 1970s.In order to protect the species and restore the Qinghai Lake environment, the province banned naked carp fishing at the lake in 2001, following a series of temporary prohibitions from the 1980s onward.More than 94 million artificially-bred fry have been released into the lake since 2002 to preserve the rare species. There has also been a crackdown on the illegal fishing, selling and processing of the fish.The naked carp is endemic to Qinghai Lake, which is classified as endangered and on the China Species Red List.The fish are critical not only to the existence of local bird species, but to the whole ecological balance of the highland lake. fabric wristbands ebayrubber wristbands in bulk1 inch wide rubber bandsmake your own rubber braceletsilicone rubber bandsballer bandscustom fidget spinners
Screenshot of the advertisement of Enjoying Going International Travel Agency, highlighting the discrimination words. [Photo from web] A travel agency in Changde, Hunan province, was punished on Wednesday for a tourism product that discriminates against pregnant women, journalists, tour guides and people with disabilities, local authorities said. Enjoying Going International Travel Agency in Changde posted information about an upcoming three-day tour to Guilin in the Guangxi autonomous region via WeChat on Wednesday, saying that people in those categories would not be accepted. Also, an extra 200 yuan ($32) would be charged for people whose ages were not between 24 to 69 or those who refused to enter the store the agency recommended. The tour was priced at 299 yuan per person, including transportation, accommodations and meals. The agency deleted the offer later that day and posted an open letter of apology explaining the advertisement as a clerical error by some staff and from inadequate supervision from leaders. The Changde bureau of tourism, foreign and overseas Chinese affairs investigated after receiving complaints about the advertisement on Sina Weibo. It subsequently ordered the agency to remove the ad. The bureau said it will also transfer information about other illegal travel-related behavior by travel agencies to the local tourism administrative department, and conduct a special inspection campaign of all the city's travel agencies and crack down on illegal advertising. Although pregnant women, senior citizens, children and people with disabilities do cost more during travel, it's illegal to put them on a blacklist, said He Mang, assistant dean of the School of Tourism Management in Sun Yat-sen University. The travel agency only focused on profit but neglected its social responsibility, he added, which is not unique in the tourism industry. Rules that damage tourists' interests should be eliminated, he said.
