Fish farmers are struggling as the production of freshwater species has been hit by the ongoing drought in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River region. Zheng Hongbing, a fish farmer in the city's suburban Qingpu District known as Shanghai's land of rivers and lakes filled his pond at Xinyang Village with water from nearby Xinyang Creek on April 25.
But a month later, the water level dropped 40 percent from 2 meters to 1.2 meters, as the city experienced its lowest rainfall figure for the start of a year since 1873. Usually, water resources should be sufficient in this period of the year and not drop by more than 0.2 meters in one month, Zheng told the Shanghai Youth Daily. Read more ...
This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers
But a month later, the water level dropped 40 percent from 2 meters to 1.2 meters, as the city experienced its lowest rainfall figure for the start of a year since 1873. Usually, water resources should be sufficient in this period of the year and not drop by more than 0.2 meters in one month, Zheng told the Shanghai Youth Daily. Read more ...
This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers
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